{"id":2453,"date":"2008-08-12T22:07:20","date_gmt":"2008-08-12T19:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/?p=2453"},"modified":"2023-04-02T12:53:04","modified_gmt":"2023-04-02T09:53:04","slug":"renewed-violence-in-west-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/2008\/08\/12\/renewed-violence-in-west-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Renewed violence in west China"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n
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Three security staff have been stabbed to death in China’s Xinjiang region, the third attack there in eight days. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Assailants killed the men at a checkpoint near the city of Kashgar, Chinese state media said.<\/p>\n

Sixteen police officers were killed in an attack in Kashgar earlier this month, but state media said there was no evidence linking the two attacks.<\/p>\n

Xinjiang is home to many Muslim Uighurs, some of whom want independence in the region they call East Turkestan. <\/p>\n

There has been a rise in violent incidents in Xinjiang in recent months, which China has blamed on separatists seeking to disrupt the Olympic Games.<\/p>\n

Suspected Muslim separatists also launched a series of bomb attacks in Kuqa, in southern Xinjiang, on Sunday, which left 11 dead.<\/p>\n

Arrest report<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tuesday’s attack happened at a checkpoint about 30 km (18 miles) from the border city of Kashgar.<\/p>\n

Attackers – it is not clear how many – jumped out of a passing vehicle and stabbed the men to death. Three men died and a fourth was injured, Xinhua news agency said.<\/p>\n

News of the attack emerged hours after Chinese state media announced that the situation in Kuqa, scene of Sunday’s attacks, had returned to normal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Early on Sunday, a string of explosions took place in supermarkets, hotels and government buildings across the city.<\/p>\n

One security guard died, two attackers blew themselves up and eight were shot by police, Xinhua said.<\/p>\n

A Uighur activist has accused Chinese authorities of arresting dozens of people in the wake of the blasts.<\/p>\n

Dilxat Raxit, of the pro-independence World Uighur Congress, said more than 90 people had been arrested in Kuqa, as well as others in nearby counties.<\/p>\n

Local people had heard the sound of detainees being beaten and tortured, he said in a statement.<\/p>\n

He urged the international community to put pressure on China to end “inhumane crimes against ethnic Uighurs”.<\/p>\n

But the Kuqa local government said that Mr Raxit’s allegations were untrue.<\/p>\n

Xinjiang is home to more than eight million Uighurs.<\/p>\n

China says it is bringing development and prosperity to the region, but activists accuse Beijing of suppressing traditional Uighur culture and religion.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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