Unrest in Kashgar

Unrest in Kashgar

YECHENG COUNTY, China - Armed police officers are pictured in Yecheng County in the Kashgar district of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in northwestern China on Feb. 29, 2012, a day after a group of nine attackers wielding knives killed 13 people and injured many others on a street in the county amid tension between Uyghurs and Han Chinese. (Kyodo)

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