Eight received death penalty for range of terror-related activities

Eight terrorists have been executed in Xinjiang with the approval of the Supreme People's Court, the publicity department of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region said on Saturday.

They were involved in a number of cases, including the 2013 terrorist attack in Tian'anmen Square; seizing guns and assaulting police in Aksu; murder and manufacturing explosives in Kashgar; and establishing a terrorist organization, murdering a government official and burning checkpoints in Hotan.