04 September 2015

News Story: Armed uprising in Xinjiang on day of Beijing's V-J parade - report

An armed uprising has taken place in China's restive northwest region of Xinjiang on the morning of the military parade in Beijing to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, according to Duowei News, citing a report in Japanese newspaper Mainichi Shimbun.

The local government has deployed the People's Armed Police to arrest people suspected of involvement and to put down the unrest, according to the report.

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