12 sentenced to death over Xinjiang violence  

新疆莎車“7·28”暴恐案宣判：12人死刑15人死緩

10月13日，喀什地區中級人民法院對莎車縣“7·28”嚴重暴恐襲擊案部分被告人作出一審判決并公開宣判，以組織領導參加恐怖組織罪、故意殺人罪、非法制造爆炸物罪、放火罪、綁架罪、以危險方法危害公共安全罪，分別判處奧斯曼·阿卜來提、玉蘇普·阿不來提、居麥·喀迪爾、麥麥提依明·艾麥爾等12名被告人死刑，剝奪政治權利終身；判處熱合曼·薩德爾等15名被告人死刑，緩期二年執行，剝奪政治權利終身；判處艾力·圖爾蓀等9名被告人無期徒刑，剝奪政治權利終身；判處阿爾孜古麗·阿曼等20名被告人二十年至四年不等的有期徒刑；另有2名被告人被判處緩刑。[查看全文]

A court in Xinjiang's Kashgar on Monday sentenced 12 people to death for organizing terrorist attacks that killed 37 civilians in Shache County on July 28.

Those sentenced to death included Osman Ablet, Yuwup Ablet and Jume Qadir. According to the court, Osman Ablet joined the terrorist group led by Nur Memet, who police shot dead during the attack, and slashed at passing drivers with a knife, killing three. Yuwup Ablet also joined the group and killed five people while Jume Qadir smashed cars and killed two.

The Intermediate People's Court of Kashgar Prefecture also sentenced 15 others to death with a two-year reprieve, according to the official news portal of the government of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, www.ts.cn.

Nine people were jailed for life while another 20 defendants got four to 20 years behind bars.

An additional two defendants were released on probation.

On July 28, a gang armed with knives and axes attacked a police station and government offices in Elixku Township, and some moved on to the nearby Huangdi Township, attacking civilians and smashing vehicles as they passed. Dozens of Uygur and Han civilians were killed or injured.