(VOVworld) - Dozens of civilians were killed or injured in a terrorist attack on early Monday morning in Shache County, Kashgar Prefecture, northwest of China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Local police reported that a gang armed with knives and axes attacked a police station and government offices in Elixku Township. Some then moved on to the nearby Huangdi Township, attacking civilians and smashing vehicles as they passed. Initial statistics show that dozens of Uygur and Han civilians were killed or injured. Thirty one cars were vandalized, including 6 which were set on fire. Police officers at the scene shot dead several members of the mob. According to an initial investigation, it was an "organized and premeditated" terror attack. Further investigation is underway.