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12 get death penalty for attacks that left 37 dead

By Cui Jia in Urumqi | China Daily | Updated: 2014-10-14 08:05

Recruiter behind Xinjiang plot had ties to terrorist organization

Twelve people were given the death penalty on Monday for their involvement in a terrorist attack in which 37 civilians were killed, according to a court statement.

Fifteen others received death sentences with a two-year reprieve for the parts they played in the outrage in Shache county in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.

12 get death penalty for attacks that left 37 dead

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