. c% z* j8 @( d6 M% \4 \, m公仔箱論壇China says Xinjiang attack killed 18; Uighurs dispute accountBy Keith B. Richburg, Published: July 20tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb/ y0 c' Q+ N1 _5 m
7 B `. N" @3 i0 X o BEIJING — A total of 18 people were killed during an assault on a Chinese police station in the restive western province of Xinjiang on Monday, including 14 Muslim Uighur attackers who were shot by police, state media said Wednesday. 8 A* s& E" s. `www2.tvboxnow.comIn the first detailed accounting of the incident, the Xinjiang government’s news Web site and Xinhua, the official Chinese news agency, said an armed policeman, a security guard and two civilian hostages — a woman and a teenage girl — were killed when the Uighurs stormed the station. tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$ R: y! ]& X0 f+ l6 F! |7 |/ a
The reports said that three other civilians were injured, four attackers were captured and six hostages were freed.公仔箱論壇, O: H2 W) X# v
However, the Germany-based exile group representing the Uighur community, the World Uighur Congress, offered a different version of events. ' R( F4 z$ q6 vtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe group said Uighur protesters were trying to rally at the police station in support of people detained inside when the police opened fire on them. The group’s spokesman, Dilxat Raxit, said by telephone that 20 Uighurs were killed, and he called for an independent investigation. / M8 `. m; l8 V9 H公仔箱論壇The attack, which began at noon Monday in the desert city of Hotan, near the Pakistan border, marked the most serious eruption of violence recorded in the province since ethnic rioting in July 2009 left nearly 200 people dead and scores of shops and businesses burned. " D) u. j9 \* I7 z; M$ k
State media said the attackers in Monday’s incident, described as “rioters,” stormed the police station armed with axes, knives, daggers, Molotov cocktails and other explosives. tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb- X/ C w5 `9 @% Y2 ?. Y
The report on the Xinjiang Web site said the attackers “beat, smashed and burned crazily,” shouted slogans invoking “Allah” and hung a separatist flag on top of the station. , D2 T, p+ {2 D9 r公仔箱論壇The Web site said the attack happened at a time when most of the police officers were absent on a mission. The security guard left behind was hacked to death, it said.( ~( @2 d) J3 i1 `$ s' s
Raxit, the Uighur exile group’s spokesman, sharply disputed the official accounts. He said the incident began when people gathered at Hotan’s grand bazaar for a planned protest. Police broke up the rally, and 13 Uighurs were arrested. Raxit said the angry protesters then moved to the police station and a commercial office next door.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb: K: `4 F; t2 p1 P0 L9 h- N- p
“There was violence, but it was caused by the government’s crackdown,” Raxit said. He said some of the dead and injured Uighurs were taken away in military vehicles to a military hospital. * d5 P- Z e; |: ?9 ztvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAfter the incident, Raxit said, Chinese security forces were examining people’s cellphones to make sure no video of the incident could be released on the Internet. ! C6 D+ E: L' g( Y7 MThe Turkic-speaking Uighurs consider Xinjiang their traditional homeland, but large influxes of ethnic Han Chinese over the years have left them a minority. The Uighurs complain that they are economically disadvantaged and that Chinese security forces impose security in their communities with a heavy hand, including mass arrests. s$ n8 d5 Y# Z& _7 o" U XHou Hanmin, deputy director of the local information department, said the exile group’s account was “totally fake and not true at all.” ; D: U. z# b! }% N4 J' D6 Owww2.tvboxnow.com“There was not any protest or conflict that happened before the attack,” she said. She said some of the surviving attackers admitted under questioning to carrying out a planned attack on the police station. She said some of the attackers were from outside Hotan. 2 t: @1 K5 \+ B- u/ L/ K, m
“They shouted extremist religious slogans and hung an extremist religious flag,” Hou said. “Compared with past attacks, these were more religious fanatics. It’s a new characteristic.” 1 A! ~1 {' M$ A2 a3 `www2.tvboxnow.com 9 N! }" ]2 l1 N( s5 m公仔箱論壇Staff researcher Zhang Jie in Beijing contributed to this report. & \* L5 K- r3 H Vtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb $ [7 x' N: g% ~1 p. ^( _, Mtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb www2.tvboxnow.com( G- Y6 t$ |( Y4 w
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China finally ready to admit Pak's role in Xinjiang violenceSaibal Dasgupta, TNN( [' n7 s' F; y" Z
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% l" D9 y# {5 |8 ptvb now,tvbnow,bttvbBEIJING: A Chinese government think-tank has finally broken the deafening silence about the role of Pakistan in the continuous spate of violence in China's western province of Xinjiang. There are indications Beijing will now exert pressure on Islamabad to come clean about the support being given to anti-China forces from inside Pakistan. 1 F7 i0 T* e* ?6 y& F. Q% x/ [The think-tank, the Institute of Central Asia at the Xinjiang Academy of Social Sciences, has pointed the finger at Pakistan as the source of violence. This is is something both Chinese officials and anti-China bodies like World Uighur Congress always avoid doing.公仔箱論壇% _, m+ b4 B! {# \' X! c
The violence in Hotan, which is next door from the Pakistan border, left nearly 20 dead on Monday, it is now being revealed. The incident showed that Communist Party of China's close relationship with the Jamat-e-Islami and its protective attitude towards Pakistan have both failed to insulate Xinjiang from separatist violence. , h j9 W- ^, n6 T$ x3 ^4 F & O4 L% e K- ^" y; P* b tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$ W: m0 R' V' `/ Y6 V
"Located in the southern part of Xinjiang, Hotan is close to the border with Pakistan. Due to their affinity in religion and language, some Uyghur residents there are at risk of being influenced by terrorist groups such as the East Turkistan Islamic Movement," Pan Zhiping, director of the Institute was quoted in the State run Global Times as saying.& u2 G& N- T3 C8 z
An anti-terrorism expert, Li Wei, alluded to Pakistan without specifically mentioning it. + N1 P$ Y9 A' D; S6 g" Y) H"Signs have shown that the rioters were greatly influenced by overseas terrorist organizations. They adopted a complicated approach to the attack and sought to amplify fears among the public," Li, who works for the China Institute of Contemporary International Relations, said.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb& n3 \8 e( T3 S" v
The World Uighur Congress may have good reasons for not mentioning Pakistan, because the country provides agitating Uighurs a training base and regular supply of arms to fight the Chinese authorities.. h5 b1 { Q$ i
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But Chinese officials try to keep Pakistan out of the controversy because it is desperately enlisting the support of he military and political establishment in that country to pin down the militants. ( x/ I1 w) F( u. k* g0 _9 Ntvb now,tvbnow,bttvb"The see-saw battle has given a special kind of power over China. But it has to live with it for the time being," a researcher said while requesting anonymity. 4 g4 j4 z2 L8 d8 e5 H) n0 Xtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbPan said over 90 percent of its residents in Hotan are from minority Uyghur ethnicity, Hotan appears prone to the influence of terrorism that has penetrated the country from overseas, and that would result in religion being used as a tool to instigate separatist activities and violence, he said. 7 \- I" b- ?+ ]) W% h | : t Q( _% z+ NTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。 0 |) P) c) ?; g, j- ^
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