In Xinjiang’s Aksu prefecture, 11 terrorists who attacked a police patrol were killed and five police vehicles were damaged. Some of the attackers tried to use LNG cylinders in a car as suicide bombs. On Jan. 24, six terrorists were shot dead after attacking a police station in Aksu. Authorities said the number of terrorist attacks in Xinjiang rose to 190 in 2012. Secretary of State Kerry, visiting in Beijing, expressed US concern over human rights violations in the Tibetan and Uighur areas; Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that “[b]oth sides have a responsibility to fight terrorism.”
