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China says 14 rioters killed in Xinjiang attack

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Chinese state media said Wednesday that 14 rioters were shot dead earlier this week after storming a police station in the country's far west.

 

It was the first official death toll for the rioters, who according to state media reports occupied a police station on Monday and hacked to death a security guard. The official Xinhua News Agency said a police officer, a woman and a teenage girl taken hostage by the rioters were also killed. (AP)

 

 

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