Nine shot dead while attacking police station in Xinjiang

URUMQI - Nine assailants were shot dead on Saturday after they killed two police officers while attacking a police station in northwest China's Xinjiang, local police said.

The nine assailants, including one identified as Abla Ehet, wielded knives and axes. Xinhua reported.

Two police officers were injured in the attack on a police station in Kashgar Prefecture in Xinjiang.

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