From Reuters --
Chinese police shot and killed two members of a "terrorist gang" and rounded up 15 others during a raid last month in the restive northwestern Muslim region of Xinjiang, the official Xinhua news agency said on Monday.
Five policemen were wounded in the raid on Jan. 27 when three homemade grenades were hurled at them, Xinhua said. Police arrested 15 members of the group in the operation in the regional capital Urumqi.
China has waged a heavy-handed campaign against what it calls violent separatist activities by Uighur Muslims agitating for an independent East Turkestan State in the oil-rich Xinjiang region that borders Pakistan, Afghanistan and Central Asia. More....
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