Uyghur Muslims face 'oppression' in East Turkistan
Tension in Uyghur Autonomous Region between Uyghur Muslims and the police has been escalating recently, leaving many people dead and wounded.
Police in East Turkistan (Xinjiang) killed eight people who had attacked the pollice station with knives and explosives in the early hours of Monday, Xinjiang government news portal Tianshan reported.
A previous incident on December 17 killed sixteen people including two police officers in the old Silk Road city of Kashgar.
