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(Scroll down for video) A violent mob of men were killed inside a police station, according to police reports in China.
Xinjiang Police said that nine men, who were armed with axes, were shot dead during an attack on a police station in the restive western province in China.
Two auxiliary police officers were killed during the clashes on Saturday, near the city of Kashgar.
Two other police officers were wounded.
Xinjiang, where Muslims make up a large part of the population, has seen several clashes this year.
Last month, five people were killed when a car crashed into a crowd at Beijing's Tiananmen Square, an attack authorities blamed on an Islamic group.
There are nine million Muslims living in that province.
There were violent clashes in Xinjiang in April, June and August of this year.