Tribes exiled Uighur groups on Tuesday demanded the Chinese authorities to allow an independent investigation over the clashes in Xinjiang , which left eight " attacker " was shot dead by police in many areas inhabited by Muslims.
Xinjiang regional government must " disclose all information " about the violence on Monday and allow " independent investigation conducted international body " , says the World Uyghur Congress ( World Uyghur Congress / WUC ) , based in Munich as reported by AFP news agency .
WUC also calls on Beijing Shache open area , where conflict occurs , the foreign media and government representatives " to allow transparency about the narrative of the incident " .
The area is located approximately 200 kilometers southeast of Kashgar where it is known as Yarkand in the Uighur language .
Chinese authorities called the incident a " premeditated terrorist attack " against the local police station by nine " terrorists " armed machetes and explosives , Xinhua news agency said .
According to Xinhua reports , one of the " attackers " were arrested in the clashes and 25 police seized explosives and machetes in nine locations " attack " .
The group, led by two Uighurs named Abdulkadir Usman West and Abdigheni gathered to watch the video and spread the idea of extremist terrorists since August , police said in a statement quoted by Xinhua Xinjiang .
Xinjiang police call them also to raise funds and create and test explosives for terrorist attacks merencananya planned .
Uighurs , who had converted to Islam during berbad - century , is the largest ethnic group in Xinjiang , with an area four times the area outside of Japan are rich sources of oil and natural gas .
WUC alleges that the incident is one of the ways the government to silence dissent Uyghurs under the pretext of combating terrorism .
"It was a testimony to the tendency of state-sponsored violence to quell Uighur dissent , the authorities ignore the legal process , shot and killed the Uighurs , labeling them terrorists , and then use the counter- terrorism to justify the murder , " said WUC President Rebiya Kadeer .
Human rights groups and foreign experts say the violence was due to the suppression of culture , security measures are chaotic and majority ethnic Chinese immigration wave , Han .
Information in that area closely watched and difficult to obtain independent verification .
In the worst sectarian conflict erupted in recent years in China , about 200 people died and more than 1,600 people were injured while hundreds of others were detained as a result of unrest in the Xinjiang regional capital , Urumqi , in July 2009 .
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