China police kill 7 kidnappers in hostage rescue in Xinjiang

[ChineseTiger1986]

URUMQI, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Police opened fire and killed seven kidnappers during a hostage rescue mission in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region Wednesday night, local authorities said Thursday.

A group of "violent terrorists" kidnapped two people in the remote mountainous areas of Pishan county, Hotan prefecture, at about 11 p.m. Wednesday. Police opened fire as the kidnappers "resisted arrest," a spokesman with the Xinjiang regional government said.

Seven kidnappers were shot dead, and four others were wounded and arrested. One police officer was killed and another wounded in the rescue. Two hostages were freed.

No more details are immediately available as authorities are investigating the case.

Pishan, an oasis county near the Taklamakan Desert, is located in the ethnic Uygur-dominated area of Xinjiang that is no stranger to violence.

In the nearby city of Hotan in July, a mob stormed a police station, hurled burning gasoline cylinders into rooms, took hostages, and attacked people indiscriminately with axes and knives. Eighteen people, including 14 attackers, were killed in the clash with police forces.

Days after the violence, two separate public attacks occurred in the city of Kashgar, also in Xinjiang's southern part, leaving 13 people dead and 44 others injured. Authorities said overseas-trained terrorists were responsible for the attacks.

Four suspects involved in the Hotan and Kashgar attacks were sentenced to death by court in September.

China police kill 7 kidnappers in hostage rescue in Xinjiang - People's Daily Online

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

Good. And glad to know that the two hostages were saved in the end.

Compare this, to how the police in the Philippines handled the hostage crisis with the bus full of Chinese tourists.

 

[acetophenol]

Was there an exchange of fire?

 

[ChineseTiger1986]

Good. And glad to know that the two hostages were saved in the end.

Compare this, to how the police in the Philippines handled the hostage crisis with the bus full of Chinese tourists.

Too bad, one of our police officer was sacrificed during the operation to rescue the hostage.

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Was there an exchange of fire?

Yep, they even killed and wounded two of our police officers.

 

[canadian icehole]

URUMQI, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- Police opened fire and killed seven kidnappers during a hostage rescue mission in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region Wednesday night, local authorities said Thursday.

Was there an exchange of fire?

I'm gonna guess there was.

 

[Roybot]

Even our police is stronger than indian army,hahahaha.

Not the sharpest troll are you?

 

[ChineseTiger1986]

Good. And glad to know that the two hostages were saved in the end.

Compare this, to how the police in the Philippines handled the hostage crisis with the bus full of Chinese tourists.

Many of our armed police in Xinjiang are ethnically Uyghurs, they are always our lovely kins who are defending our western borderland.

 

[Thorough Pro]

Good. And glad to know that the two hostages were saved in the end.

Compare this, to how the police in the Philippines handled the hostage crisis with the bus full of Chinese tourists.

That the only way to deal with such scumbags.

 

[Sin Pateh]

Sad, only a small recuse but cost an officer life, I wish next time you should arm the police forces with heavy firepower so they can blast those scumbags off without any causality!!!

 

[Thorough Pro]

How swiftly she shoots the attacker, and she used the same weapon that I carry.

Chinese Policewoman kills in less than 3 seconds (english sub) - YouTube

 

[acetophenol]

Salute to the brave martyrs.

 

[Devil Soul]

Police Shoot 7 'Terrorists' In China's Muslim West
BEIJING (AP) — Police in China's restive Central Asia border area fatally shot seven members of a Muslim ethnic group in what officials say was an attempt to end a kidnapping.
Officials and state media accounts said Thursday that police opened fire after encountering resistance in trying to free two men who had been kidnapped by what officials called "a violent terrorist group."
Four others were injured and another four arrested in Wednesday night's raid outside the city of Hotan. The two hostages were freed.
The area has been plagued by tensions between China's Han Chinese majority and ethnic Uighurs, the indigenous, mainly Muslim group. Some Uighurs have embraced militant separatism, though the Chinese government has provided scant evidence of organized terrorism.

 

[ChineseTiger1986]

Police Shoot 7 'Terrorists' In China's Muslim West
BEIJING (AP) — Police in China's restive Central Asia border area fatally shot seven members of a Muslim ethnic group in what officials say was an attempt to end a kidnapping.
Officials and state media accounts said Thursday that police opened fire after encountering resistance in trying to free two men who had been kidnapped by what officials called "a violent terrorist group."
Four others were injured and another four arrested in Wednesday night's raid outside the city of Hotan. The two hostages were freed.
The area has been plagued by tensions between China's Han Chinese majority and ethnic Uighurs, the indigenous, mainly Muslim group. Some Uighurs have embraced militant separatism, though the Chinese government has provided scant evidence of organized terrorism.

SCREW THOSE WESTERN HYPOCRITES!!!

Was the 7.5 event in Xinjiang an act of terrorism or not?

Only those Americans are considered to be the living soul, the Chinese aren't right?

 

[Kylin]

I don't know why they keep making it sound like there are no terrines group in China

The group's infrastructure was crippled after the United States invaded Afghanistan and bombed Al Qaeda bases in the mountainous regions along the border with Pakistan, during which the leader of ETIM, Hasan Mahsum, was killed.( I guess we need to thank US for that)

ETIM has been designated a "terrorist organization" by a number of organizations, including:
United Nations[11]
European Union[11]
Government of the People's Republic of China [29][30]
United States Department of State[29]
Government of Kazakhstan[31]
Government of Kyrgyzstan[1]
Government of Afghanistan[1] [11]

East Turkestan Islamic Movement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

unbiased media...my @ss

 

[heartrocker22]

Even our police is stronger than indian army,hahahaha.

lollllllll can't have Enough of India ...Doesn't matter good job China police