Tensions high after bloody week in China's Xinjiang

Tensions are high in China's remote Kashgar city after authorities shot dead two men suspected of fomenting ethnic unrest, vowing a further crackdown on "extremists."

Tensions ran high in China's remote Kashgar city Tuesday after authorities shot dead two men suspected of fomenting deadly ethnic unrest and vowed a further crackdown on "religious extremists".

Police killed the men, both from the mainly Muslim Uighur minority that makes up around half the population of China's northwestern Xinjiang region, late Monday as they were trying to capture the pair, Kashgar officials said.