Nine terror suspects killed in Xinjiang

Nine terror suspects were today killed and another was captured in northwestern China's volatile Xinjiang region, police said.
The suspects were killed in Hotan Prefecture, state-run Xinhua new agency reported.
The details of the incident is awaited, it said.
Xinjiang, home to Uygur Muslims, has witnessed a spate of terror attacks in recent times. The province is in turmoil over the increasing settlements of Han Chinese from other parts of the country.
Uygurs are a Turkic-speaking Muslims with ethnic fraternity in Turkey, bordering Syria.
On July 29, at least 32 people were killed in a major terror attack by knife-wielding extremists in the restive province on the eve of Eid.

Initial investigation had showed it was a premeditated terror attack.
A day later, the imam of China's largest mosque in Xinjiang was killed. Jume Tahir, considered pro-Beijing, was stabbed after he led early morning prayers at the Eidgah mosque in the county-level city of Kashgar.
Police have shot dead two suspects and captured a third for assassinating Tahir.