China says 28 'terrorists' killed after coal mine attack

Chinese security forces in the far western region of Xinjiang killed 28 "terrorists" from a militant group that carried out an attack at a coal mine in September in which 16 people died, the regional government said on Friday.

The news was carried in the official Xinjiang Daily and on the Xinjiang government's news website.


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