Sixteen people have been killed in violence in China's western region of Xinjiang, a state news portal says.
The incident took place late on Sunday in a village near the city of Kashgar.
Police shot dead 14 people armed with explosive devices and knives, a government-run regional news portal said. Two policemen were also killed.
Xinjiang, home to the Muslim Uighur minority group, sees sporadic clashes. The government blames extremists, while Uighur activists blame ethnic tensions.
Verifying reports from the region is difficult because the information flow out of Xinjiang is tightly controlled.
In late October, five people were killed when a car ploughed into a crowd and then burst into flames in Beijing's Tiananmen Square.
Beijing called the incident a terrorist attack inspired by Xinjiang-linked extremists. Three people who died inside the car were identified by police as Xinjiang Uighurs.
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