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Riots in China's Xinjiang region kill at least 36 people and injure 21 others.

June 2013 Shanshan riots

2013 Islamist riots in Shanshan County, Xinjiang, China

On 26 June 2013, rioting broke out in Shanshan County, in the autonomous region of Xinjiang, China. 35 people died in the riots, including 22 civilians, two police officers and eleven attackers.
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Xinjiang

Autonomous region of China

Xinjiang, previously romanized as Sinkiang, officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), located in the northwest of the country at the crossroads of Central Asia and East Asia. Being the largest…
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