Terrorists murder officials who refuse to join group

Terrorists arrested for their attack on July 28 in Shache county in southern Xinjiang's Kashgar prefecture, admitted that they killed two township officials because they refused to join the terrorists and reprimanded the attackers, the local information office said.

Thirty-seven civilians were killed and 13 others injured in the attack. Police shot 59 terrorists and arrested 215 others.

It was 4 am when Ubulajan Tuohot, 44, head of Dunbak township, was summoned to his office, after sleeping less than 4 hours at his home in the county.