Nine men armed with knives and explosives attacked a police station in China’s Xinjiang region early Monday morning, according to the regional government.
Reuters reports that police shot eight of the attackers dead and captured a ninth. It was the second outburst of violence in the region this month.
Officials have blamed a recent string of attacks on radicalized members of the Muslim majority population in the region, while protesters have demonstrated outside of police stations to decry harsh crackdowns.
[Reuters]