Chinese police out in full force after Xinjiang terror attack

Police on patrol in Xianjiang during a previous security crackdown on militants. - AFP

XINJIANG, China: Armed police in bulletproof proof vests are on patrol every 10 to 20 metres on the streets of Pishan county in China's restive Xinjiang region after eight people were killed during a knife attack, residents in the area said.

The county has issued the highest level of security alert after what the authorities described as a terror attack on Tuesday evening.