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| Cirt: /* Sources */ fmt source date {{develop}} {{date|August 4, 2008}} {{China}}16 policemen were killed by unidentified assailants in [[w:Khashgar|Khashgar]], in the predominantly [[w:muslim|muslim]] [[w:Xinjiang|Xinjiang]] region of [[China]]. Another 16 officers were wounded in the attack, in which two attackers drove a lorry into the station. The government of the People's Republic of China has repeatedly warned of unrest leading up to the [[:Category:Beijing 2008 Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games|2008 Summer Olympics]]. Xinhua net reports the attackers drove a dump truck into the police officers during the officer's morning exercise at about 8 am local time (00 GMT), then threw grenades into the police barracks and attacked with knives. The BBC reports 14 of the police deaths occurred at the scene, with two more dying en route to hospital. They also report one of the alleged attackers received a leg injury. The attackers were arrested, according to police. The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region ((Uyghur: شىنجاڭ, Shinjang; Chinese: 新疆; pinyin: Xīnjiāng) of China is a large, sparsely-populated territory in the north-west of the country. The population includes many groups, but the largest is the Turkic language groups including the largely muslim Uyghurs. Kashgar is an oasis city at an important junction of trade routes, near China's western borders, and was a part of the historic "[[w:Silk Road|Silk Road]]." {{haveyoursay}} == So ... |
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