Chinese police shot dead 13 people in the restive Xinjiang region after they drove into a police building and set off an explosion on Saturday, regional authorities said.
Three police officers were also injured in the attack.
The Tianshan website said that no civilians were hurt in the attack in Kashgar prefecture in Xinjiang’s southwest.
"Today thugs crashed a car into the public security building of Kargilik county in Xinjiang's Kashgar prefecture and set off an explosion. Police took decisive action and shot dead 13 thugs," the official Tianshan regional government website reported.
It was the latest in a series of attacks pointing to growing unrest in the sprawling region of Xinjiang. The vast and resource-rich region in China's far west is home to the mainly Muslim Uighur ethnic minority, where the majority want more independence from Beijing.
The region has faced a series of violent attacks in recent years. Last month, a market bombing killed 43 people in Xinjiang’s capital, Urumqi. Chinese authorities have blamed the attacks on extremists bent on overthrowing Beijing’s rule.
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