NY Times, 23Jan2014 by Andrew Jacobs
"BEIJING — Three ethnic Uighurs were shot and killed last week outside a police station in China’s far west Xinjiang region during a fight with security guards who blocked them from entering the building, Radio Free Asia reported Thursday.
The shootings, which took place on Jan. 15 in Aksu Prefecture but were only confirmed on Wednesday, are the latest in a spate of deadly skirmishes involving the region’s Uighur residents and Chinese authorities.
Such confrontations have been occurring with increasing frequency in the past year, alarming Chinese leaders and prompting even heavier security in a vast energy-rich region that borders several Central Asian nations. Last week, Beijing announced that it was doubling Xinjiang’s public security budget, with one regional official vowing “no mercy for terrorists,” according to the state news media..."
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