BEIJING (AP) - Chinese state media say riots in a restive far western region of China have killed 27 and left at least three injured. The official Xinhua News Agency says knife-wielding mobs attacked police stations, a local government building and a construction site Wednesday morning in a remote town in the Turkic-speaking Xinjiang (shihn-jahng) region. Xinhua says the unrest in Lukqun township left 17 people dead, including nine policemen, before police shot and killed 10 rioters. Xinjiang is home to a large population of minority Uighurs (WEE-gurs), but is ruled by Chinas Han ethnic majority.
Reported by MyNorthwest.com 14 minutes ago.
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