Dozens killed as mob rages in Xinjiang: report幾十殺害暴徒肆虐新疆：報告

By Christopher Bodeen ,AP
July 30, 2014, 12:04 am TWN

It said the mob first attacked a police station and government offices in the township of Elixku before moving on to a neighboring township, attacking civilians and smashing vehicles along the way.
Many other people were injured in the violence Monday in Shache county near the city of Kashgar, the official Xinhua News Agency said.

BEIJING -- A mob armed with knives rampaged through part of China's volatile northwestern region of Xinjiang and police responded with gunfire, leaving dozens of people dead in the latest violence blamed on Islamic militants, state media reported Tuesday.

Xinhua said dozens of people were killed or injured in the attacks but gave no precise figures. It also said that police shot and killed dozens of the attackers.

“Initial investigation showed that it was a premeditated terror attack. Further investigation is under way,” Xinhua said.

Calls to more than a half-dozen police stations and government offices in the area either rang unanswered Tuesday evening or were answered by people who confirmed the attack but said they were not permitted to release any information about it.

Obtaining details of violence in the remote region is usually impossible and authorities routinely prevent foreign journalists from working freely in the area.

There has been increasing violence in Xinjiang in recent months blamed on pro-independence militants from the region's native Turkic Uighur Muslim ethnic group. While some of the attacks have shown an increased level of sophistication and planning, most have relied on crude weaponry such as swords, bombs and homemade explosives.

China's government says the attackers have ties to overseas Islamic terror groups, although it has provided little evidence to back up its claim.

Uighur activists say repressive Chinese cultural and religious policies are fueling resentment among Uighurs, along with a sense that the benefits of economic growth in the resource-rich region are flowing disproportionately to migrants from the country's Han Chinese majority.

Also known as Yarkant, Shache is near the border with the unstable Central Asian states, about 3,500 kilometers (2,175 miles) west of Beijing.

幾十殺害暴徒肆虐新疆：報告

由克里斯托弗Bodeen，美聯社
2014年7月30日，上午12:04 TWN

北京 - 持刀暴徒通過新疆中國的揮發性西北地區的一部分橫衝直撞和警察與炮火回應，造成數十人死亡歸咎於伊斯蘭武裝分子的最新暴力，官方媒體週二報導。

還有其他許多人在暴力事件中受傷的星期一莎車縣附近的喀什市，官方的新華社說。

它說，暴徒第一攻擊警察局和政府辦公室在Elixku鄉鎮移動到相鄰的鄉鎮，攻擊平民和沿途砸汽車前。

新華社說，數十人喪生或受傷的襲擊，但沒有給出確切的數字。它還說，警方開槍打死數十名襲擊者。

“初步調查顯示，這是一起有預謀的恐怖襲擊。進一步的調查正在進行，“新華社稱。

呼籲在該地區超過半打警察局和政府辦公室或者未響了週二晚上或由人誰證實了攻擊，但表示，他們不允許發布任何有關它的信息進行了解答。

獲得在偏遠地區的暴力細節通常是不可能的，當局經常阻止外國記者在該地區自由地工作。

目前已在新疆越來越多的暴力在最近幾個月歸咎於該地區的原生維吾爾突厥語的穆斯林族群台獨分子。而一些攻擊已經表明的複雜性和規劃的水平升高，大部分都依賴於原油武器如劍，炸彈和自製爆炸物。

中國政府表示，攻擊者有聯繫的海外伊斯蘭恐怖組織，雖然它很少提供證據來支持其主張。