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| China Xinjiang attack on police 'leaves 13 dead' | China Xinjiang attack on police 'leaves 13 dead' |
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| Thirteen assailants have been killed in an attack on a police station in China's restive western province of Xinjiang, officials say. | Thirteen assailants have been killed in an attack on a police station in China's restive western province of Xinjiang, officials say. |
| The attackers drove a car into the station and set off explosives on Saturday morning, the local government said on its website. | The attackers drove a car into the station and set off explosives on Saturday morning, the local government said on its website. |
| Three police suffered minor injuries but no civilians were hurt, it added. | Three police suffered minor injuries but no civilians were hurt, it added. |
| The Chinese authorities blame Muslim Uighurs from Xinjiang for an increasing number of attacks in the province. | The Chinese authorities blame Muslim Uighurs from Xinjiang for an increasing number of attacks in the province. |
| "On the morning of 21 June, a group of thugs drove a car into a police building in Yecheng County, Kashgar province and detonated explosives," the local government website said. | "On the morning of 21 June, a group of thugs drove a car into a police building in Yecheng County, Kashgar province and detonated explosives," the local government website said. |
| "Police shot dead the 13 attackers," it reported. It provided no further details. | |
| Verifying reports from the Xinjiang region is difficult because access for journalists is restricted and the flow of information is tightly controlled. | |
| 'Terrorist attacks' | |
| The authorities have tightened security in Xinjiang in recent months. | |
| On Monday, China executed 13 people in the western province of Xinjiang for what it called "terrorist attacks". | On Monday, China executed 13 people in the western province of Xinjiang for what it called "terrorist attacks". |
| The authorities also sentenced three men - believed to Uighurs - over a fatal car crash in Beijing last year. | |
| Five people were killed when a car ploughed into a crowd in Beijing's Tiananmen Square last October. Dozens of others were injured. | |
| Attacks blamed by Beijing on Uighur separatists include deadly bomb and knife attacks on railway stations in Urumqi in Xinjiang, and Kunming in south-west China. | |
| Uighur leaders deny that they are co-ordinating a terrorist campaign. | |
| Activists have accused Beijing of exaggerating the threat from Uighur separatists to justify a crackdown on the Uighurs' religious and cultural freedoms. | |
| Uighurs and Xinjiang | |
| Who are the Uighurs? |