Pregnant police officer among eight killed in Xinjiang stabbing spree: reports

Unconfirmed reports suggest that another stabbing spree in China’s western Xinjiang region last Friday has claimed up to eight lives, including a pregnant police officer.

The report on Monday evening said two men on a motorbike had carried out the stabbing rampage in the rural county.

Chinese national broadcaster CCTV reported one female police officer’s death on its microblog on Monday, but the post did not mention further casualties.

On Friday, the two Uygurs in their 20s first killed two police officers, including one female officer, and a government official in Pishan County, Radio Free Asia said.

The two assailants then travelled to a nearby Keketiereke village to kill another three people, two government officials and one police officer, the organisation reported.