Beijing, Dec 17 (IANS): Police shot dead 14 terrorists in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region after coming under attack during a hunt for criminal suspects, said local police.
Shufu county police were carrying out a search operation for criminal suspects at a village in Kashgar prefecture around 11 p.m. Sunday when some gangsters threw explosive devices at them and attacked them with knives, Xinhua quoted sources with the police as saying.
The police fought back and shot dead 14 terrorists and captured two criminal suspects. Two policemen died in the attack, said the sources.
Investigation into the case is under way.