Three alleged terror suspects were shot dead by police officers in China’s Xinjiang Province on Sunday night. The police had been in pursuit of the suspects, who resisted arrest, for their connection to a terror incident that transpired in 2015.
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Reuters reported that the region’s governing body explained that the incident occurred in Hotan after police officials were faced with hostility from the “violent terror group. ”
“We shot the thugs dead at the scene,” the government told the Tianshan Net official news site. “There were no casualties on our side. ”
So far, additional information on the Sunday incident has been withheld.
