12 get death penalty for attacks that left 37 dead

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.