China police checkpoint attack 'kills 18' in Xinjiang

A US media report says at least 18 people have been killed in the Chinese region of Xinjiang during a clash at a police checkpoint.

According to US-based Radio Free Asia, ethnic Uighurs - part of China's Muslim minority - attacked the police on the outskirts of Kashgar city on Monday.

Martin Patience reports.

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