A group of assailants launched coordinated attacks on government and police buildings in China’s far-western Xinjiang region on Monday, leaving dozens of people dead a day before the mostly Muslim area was set to celebrate the end of Ramadan.
Attackers armed with knives attacked the town of Elixhu, with some later moving on to the town of Huangdi, smashing cars and killing civilians, the official Xinhua News Agency reported on Tuesday.
Xinhua reported that dozens of civilians were killed, at least 30 cars were smashed and six more were set on fire in what it called “an organized, premeditated and carefully planned terrorist attack of vile nature and tremendous violence.” Xinhua didn’t identify the attackers.
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Josh Chin, The Wall Street Journal via CHINA US Focus http://ift.tt/1o5Cpuo
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