Two executed for Kashgar terror attack on police

KASHGAR, Xinjiang: Two men were executed in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region yesterday for last August's terrorist attack on border police that left 17 dead and 15 injured.

The Intermediate People's Court of Kashgar prefecture announced the death penalties, approved by the Supreme People's Court, before an audience of about 4,000 local officials and residents at a stadium in Kashgar city prior to the executions.

Abdurahman Azat, 34, and Kurbanjan Hemit, 29, both locals of Kashgar, were executed elsewhere, out of public sight, but details are unknown.