Report: 16 police killed in China border attack
Report: 16 police killed in China border attack , - Associate Press
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8 k* g7 s5 E& d. M& F" S% d TBEIJING - China's official Xinhua News Agency says an attack on a border patrol station on the country's frontier with Central Asia has killed 16 police officers. # J* m! S9 P& D. \2 b; j' ^
2 ]% U& m0 f3 e' g& tThe report says the assailants used a dump truck to ram their way into the paramilitary police station in Kashi and then tossed two hand grenades. Besides the dead, Xinhua says 16 officers were injured.
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. Z, ? x! T% T/ \$ cXinhua, citing police, said two attackers were arrested. It did not identify them.7 G1 x2 `" A7 m+ B: x1 a
7 p) |: T6 f' { P9 ~8 j2 RThe area is home to a Muslim Turkic people, the Uighurs (WEE'-gurs). The Uighurs have waged a simmering rebellion against Chinese rule.3 ]7 ^5 }, y9 e( D9 P8 [! h( A* k
The attack comes four days before the opening of the Olympics in Beijing.
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' X, a/ J) O+ x: _1 qTHIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below./ Z5 d U9 O8 s1 p; E* d
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BEIJING (AP) — China's official Xinhua News Agency says an unknown group of people has attacked a border patrol station on the country's frontier with Central Asia, leaving dozens of police officers injured./ [' J5 K; s4 L
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The report says the assailants drove two vehicles inside the paramilitary police station in the Kashi region Monday and then threw two grenades.0 |& m& |$ x. z9 @3 n. h& s
The brief Xinhua dispatch described the attackers as "rioters." The area is home to a Muslim Turkic people, the Uighurs (WEE'-gurs).8 R e6 g0 U9 w
The Uighurs have waged a simmering rebellion against Chinese rule, with some drawn to the militant Islam that has buffeted Central Asia.
