Update | Uygur kills police officer in Urumqi, state media say
A police officer has been killed and his attacker shot dead in Urumqi in Xinjiang, the city government reported. The assailant, a Uygur, attacked the officer - also a Uygur - at the entrance to a government building, according to an article posted on a news website run by Urumqi authorities. The officer later died from his wounds.
A police officer has been killed and his attacker shot dead in Urumqi in Xinjiang, the city government reported.
The attacker used a knife and an axe, said another police officer on his Sina Weibo account. He then went to a police station where he was surrounded and shot dead by paramilitary officers, the weibo posting said.
The public security ministry identified the victim as Wusi Manjiang, 29, father of a one-month-old boy.
No motive for the attack was offered. Police are continuing their investigation.
Tensions in the city were already high following violence earlier this month in Kunming in Yunnan province, where a group of assailants went on a rampage and killed 29 people and injured 143 others. Four attackers were killed at the scene, and another was taken into custody.