Foreign Ministry rejects US claims on Xinjiang
By Cui Jia in Shanshan, Xinjiang | China Daily | Updated: 2013-06-29 07:32
China strongly opposes claims by the United States that it has been discriminating against and imposing restrictions on Uygurs and Muslims, in the wake of a recent terror attack in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.
At least 24 people, including 16 Uygurs, were killed by mobs in a terror attack that took place in Lukqun township on Wednesday morning, the Xinhua News Agency reported late Thursday night.
Eleven attackers were killed.
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