'Suspects shot' in Xinjiang imam killing
Police have shot dead two suspects in the killing of the imam of China's largest mosque and captured another, state media say.
Jume Tahir was the imam in Kashgar, in China's restive Xinjiang region.
He was found dead after morning prayers at the Id Kah mosque on Wednesday.
Police said the suspects, located shortly afterwards, "resisted arrest with knives and axes". They were "influenced by religious extremism", Xinhua news agency said.
Xinjiang, in China's far west, is home to the Muslim Uighur minority.
Tensions have rumbled for years between Uighurs and Beijing over large-scale Han Chinese migration and tight Chinese control.
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