A clash between police officers and suspects they were pursuing in China's restive Xinjiang region left 16 people dead, state media said Monday, according to AP. The region's official news portal Tianshan Net said "several thugs" threw explosives and wielded knives at the officers around 11 p.m. Sunday in Sayibage township. Two of the officers in Kashgar prefecture were killed along with 14 assailants, the report said. Two other suspected assailants were arrested, it said.
