{"id":39472,"date":"2013-06-26T11:45:46","date_gmt":"2013-06-26T08:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=39472"},"modified":"2013-06-26T11:45:46","modified_gmt":"2013-06-26T08:45:46","slug":"27-killed-in-unrest-in-chinas-xinjiang-province-39472","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/27-killed-in-unrest-in-chinas-xinjiang-province-39472\/","title":{"rendered":"27 killed in unrest in China\u2019s Xinjiang province"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_39473\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39473\" style=\"width: 462px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-39473 \" alt=\"Chinese policemen use batons on ethnic Uygur women in Xinjiang province: File Pic \" src=\"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/China-Riots-Nationalturk-26-578x360.jpg\" width=\"462\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/China-Riots-Nationalturk-26-578x360.jpg 578w, https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/China-Riots-Nationalturk-26-280x174.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/China-Riots-Nationalturk-26.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39473\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chinese policemen use batons on ethnic Uygur women in Xinjiang province: File Pic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h1>At least 27 people were killed and many injured in an unrest in China\u2019s restive Xinjiang province.<\/h1>\n<p>Beijing, June 26\/Nationalturk &#8211; At least 27 people were killed and many injured in an unrest allegedly between native Uygur Muslims and Han Chinese migrants in China\u2019s restive Xinjiang province on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe riots, which occurred around 0600 hours local time, left 27 people dead in a remote Lukqun township of Shanshan County in Turpan Prefecture in northwest Xinjiang province,\u201d China\u2019s state news agency Xinhua reported quoting officials.<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Knife-wielding mobs attacked police stations, govt buildings\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Officials with Xinjiang&#8217;s regional committee of the Communist Party of China said knife-wielding mobs attacked the township&#8217;s police stations, the local government building and a construction site. \u201cThe mob stabbed at people and set fire to police cars\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Security officials said 17 people including nine policemen and security guards and eight civilians were killed in the clashes. \u201cPolice also opened fire on the mob, killing 10 rioters, \u00a0thus taking the death toll to 27\u201d.<\/p>\n<h3>3 rioters arrested, additional policemen deployed<\/h3>\n<p>They said three rioters were arrested while police had launched a manhunt to track others, who had fled and were at large.<\/p>\n<p>The security additional police and security men have been rushed to the area to maintain peace.<\/p>\n<p>Although the Xinhua report did not identify the people involved in the unrest but in all likelihood \u00a0the clashes might have taken place between native Uygur Muslims and Han Chinese migrants. The local Uygur population has \u00a0been protesting against settling of Hans migrants into the province.<\/p>\n<p><em>Write your comments and thoughts below<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Faiz Ahmad \/ NationalTurk China News<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- Error, Advert is not available at this time due to schedule\/geolocation restrictions! -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 27 people were killed and many injured in an unrest in China\u2019s restive Xinjiang province. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":732,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,80,63,1,118,85,101,14],"tags":[13811,2381,14207,47731,54118,9406,54107,54113,54109,1379,54117,54114,41693,14299,54116,54110,54115,54111,37733,54106,22190,54108],"class_list":["post-39472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia","category-breaking-news","category-daily","category-general","category-hot","category-media-news","category-politics","category-world","tag-attacked","tag-china","tag-clashes","tag-communist-party-of-china","tag-fire-on-mob","tag-government-buildings","tag-han-chinese-migrants","tag-knife-wielding-mobs","tag-lukqun-township","tag-people","tag-police-cars","tag-police-stations","tag-rioters","tag-riots","tag-set-fire","tag-shanshan-county","tag-stabbed","tag-turpan-prefecture","tag-unrest","tag-uygur-muslims","tag-xinhua","tag-xinjiang-province"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/732"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39472\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}