Violence in western Chinese region of Xinjiang kills 21
Source: CNN
Clashes in the unsettled western Chinese region of Xinjiang killed 21 people, including police officers and local officials, authorities said Wednesday.
The attacks took place Tuesday afternoon after three local officials visiting homes in the area found "several suspicious persons" and knives in one house, the Xinjiang government said in a statement.
When the officials alerted their superiors of the situation, the people in the house took them hostage, the statement said. Police rushed to the scene, and in the ensuing violence, six of the assailants and 15 other people were killed, it said.
Police captured eight of the attackers, whom the government described as "mobsters." It described the violence a "terrorist act," but did not elaborate why.
Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/24/world/asia/china-xinjiang-violence/
BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22276042
