MidnightWatcher – Prophecy in Motion

Nine axe-wielding assailants were shot dead during an attack on a police station in China’s restive Xinjiang province, state media reported Saturday.

The attackers killed two auxiliary police officers before they were themselves gunned down, according to the Xinhua news agency.

Quoting police, Xinhua said the attackers armed themselves with knives and axes and that two police officers were also injured alongside the two that were killed. The agency gave no further details.

The assault comes at a time of heightened tension within Xinjiang following a fiery attack in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square last month which the government blamed on ‘terrorists’ from the province backed by international Islamist militants.

Beijing blamed the attack on Uighur separatists backed by the violent Islamist militant East Turkestan Islamic Movement.” Read more.

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