12 sentenced to death over Xinjiang violence  

新疆莎车“7·28”暴恐案宣判：12人死刑15人死缓

10月13日，喀什地区中级人民法院对莎车县“7·28”严重暴恐袭击案部分被告人作出一审判决并公开宣判，以组织领导参加恐怖组织罪、故意杀人罪、非法制造爆炸物罪、放火罪、绑架罪、以危险方法危害公共安全罪，分别判处奥斯曼·阿卜来提、玉苏普·阿不来提、居麦·喀迪尔、麦麦提依明·艾麦尔等12名被告人死刑，剥夺政治权利终身；判处热合曼·萨德尔等15名被告人死刑，缓期二年执行，剥夺政治权利终身；判处艾力·图尔荪等9名被告人无期徒刑，剥夺政治权利终身；判处阿尔孜古丽·阿曼等20名被告人二十年至四年不等的有期徒刑；另有2名被告人被判处缓刑。[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.