Chinese Police Shoot Dead Xinjiang Attack Suspects, Xinhua Says
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Chinese police yesterday shot dead two ethnic Uighurs suspected of taking part in a July 31 attack in Kashgar, the official Xinhua News Agency said.
Memtieli Tiliwaldi, 29, and Turson Hasan, 34, were shot in a corn field outside the city yesterday, Xinhua cited Hou Hanmin, a spokesman for the Xinjiang government, as saying. The pair were suspected of involvement in a shootout at a restaurant and shopping street in which six bystanders and five suspected attackers died, Xinhua said. The Kashgar government had offered 100,000 yuan ($15,500) for information leading to their arrest.