Chinese paramilitaries used flamethrowers to smoke terror suspects out of a cave, according to a detailed account of the manhunt that China said resulted in the deaths of 28 "terrorists."

According to reports by Reuters and the South China Morning Post, the Chinese army's media outlet wrote that armed police had tracked the suspects into the Tianshan Mountains in Xinjiang "like eagles discovering their prey."



Police used flash grenades and tear gas to try to force the suspects out of a cliff-side cave and, when this failed, used flamethrowers. More than 10 knife-wielding terrorists then rushed from the cave at police, who shot them dead, The People's Liberation Army Daily wrote, according to the reports.