Liaoning Province police battle armed Xinjiang natives

Liaoning Province: At 2:30 p.m. on Monday, July 13, 2015, police led by Shenyang Municipality deputy mayor and Public Security Bureau chief Xu Wenyou shot several masked Xinjiang natives armed with knives in the Shenhe district. Three were shot and killed by the police, one was shot and injured, and a woman with three children were captured.

According to official announcements, this is related to the Shenyang Public Security Bureau investigation of the June 12, 2015 terrorist attack in the city. In the course of this investigation, 16 people have been arrested on suspicion of involvement in terrorist offenses.

Netizen Angela said that the scene was terrifying: hand grenades, shooting everywhere, people hiding and not daring to go out, she didn’t want to get hit by accident.

Another netizen said: This is the live version of a killing after a jailbreak. The Xinjiang terrorists had a hostage, fired eight guns, the site of the shootout was the back side of 0101 Center Street, Shenhe District.

This netizen said this was the first time in his life he’d seen a shootout and heard gunshots, he was very scared.

This reporter searched online in vain for information about the June 12, 2015 terrorist attack.