BEIJING: Chinese security forces in the far western region of Xinjiang killed 28 “terrorists” from a group that carried out a deadly attack at a coal mine in September under the direction of “foreign extremists”, the regional government said.
The news carried by the official Xinjiang Daily yesterday was the first official mention of the Sept 18 attack at the Sogan colliery in Aksu, in which it said 16 people, including five police officers were killed, and another 18 people injured.
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