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Chinese police raid religious school; 12 kids hurt
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20120606/as-china-religious-school/ALEXA OLESEN | June 6, 2012 10:53 PM EST |
BEIJING — State media reported that staff at a religious school in heavily Muslim far western China set off explosives to fend off a police raid and that 12 children were burned. An overseas rights group, however, blamed tear gas used by paramilitary forces for the injuries.
The Tianshan news portal for the Xinjiang region said the 12 were hospitalized after the raid Wednesday, but didn't say how badly they were hurt. Three police and two of the three staff at the school in Hotan city also were injured, it said.
Dilxat Raxit, a spokesman for the German-based World Uyghur Congress, said the school was teaching the Quran and that paramilitary officers used tear gas on the children.
"Both sides were involved in a clash and then authorities used tear gas causing injuries on both sides," Dilxat said.
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