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Bombing in China: 7 dead
URUMQI (China) - A BOMB attack in China's restive Xinjiang region killed seven people and wounded 14 on Thursday, and an exile group claimed victims included members of the local police force and its auxiliary unit.
The attack was the deadliest violence reported in Xinjiang since bloody rioting in the regional capital of Urumqi last year that left 200 people dead.
The vast region bordering Central Asia has long been beset by ethnic conflict and separatist violence, leading to a massive and ongoing crackdown by security forces.
Thursday's blast went off after a man of the region's native Uighur ethnic group drove a three-wheeled vehicle laden with explosives into a crowd of people in a suburb in Aksu city in south-western Xinjiang, said Hou Hanmin, a spokesman for the regional government.
'Police say it was an intentional act because the suspect was carrying explosive devices,' Hou told a hastily arranged news conference in the regional capital of Urumqi, about 650 kilometres from Aksu. She said the suspect, who was injured, was captured immediately.
Xinhua News Agency reported late Thursday that a woman also played a role in the attack and died in the blast. The report said the man and woman threw explosives from a three-wheeled motor vehicle. Some of the wounded were in serious condition. 'The casualties are innocent civilians of different ethnic minority backgrounds,' she said. -- AP
Bombing in China: 7 dead
URUMQI (China) - A BOMB attack in China's restive Xinjiang region killed seven people and wounded 14 on Thursday, and an exile group claimed victims included members of the local police force and its auxiliary unit.
The attack was the deadliest violence reported in Xinjiang since bloody rioting in the regional capital of Urumqi last year that left 200 people dead.
The vast region bordering Central Asia has long been beset by ethnic conflict and separatist violence, leading to a massive and ongoing crackdown by security forces.
Thursday's blast went off after a man of the region's native Uighur ethnic group drove a three-wheeled vehicle laden with explosives into a crowd of people in a suburb in Aksu city in south-western Xinjiang, said Hou Hanmin, a spokesman for the regional government.
'Police say it was an intentional act because the suspect was carrying explosive devices,' Hou told a hastily arranged news conference in the regional capital of Urumqi, about 650 kilometres from Aksu. She said the suspect, who was injured, was captured immediately.
Xinhua News Agency reported late Thursday that a woman also played a role in the attack and died in the blast. The report said the man and woman threw explosives from a three-wheeled motor vehicle. Some of the wounded were in serious condition. 'The casualties are innocent civilians of different ethnic minority backgrounds,' she said. -- AP
