40 rioters dead in Luntai county violence in Xinjiang

40 rioters dead in Luntai county violence in Xinjiang
# 25 September 2014 18:20 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. Forty rioters died in a series of explosions in Luntai County of northwest China's Xinjiang on Sunday, and six civilians, two police officers and two auxiliary policemen were killed, APA reports quoting Xinhua.

Another two rioters were captured by the police, according to the official Tianshan website.

The blasts hit a shop, an open fair and two police stations around 5 p.m. Sunday, the website said.

Xinjiang police said it was an "organized and serious" terrorist attack.

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