another Turkic Terrorist Attack against China

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Blasts rock open market in northwestern China, casualties reported (PHOTOS)

Published time: May 22, 2014 02:18
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The explosions occurred at around 8am on at an open market in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, witnesses told Xinhua.

A number of explosions have rocked the capital of China’s northwestern region of Xinjiang. No casualties have so far been confirmed, but photos allegedly taken at the scene show a number of people lying on the ground with others helping the injured.

#Xinjiang blast: Photo shows the wounded sitting on roadside after the explosion occurred near a park in Urumqi pic.twitter.com/osLGj3XK1r
— People's Daily,China (@PDChina) May 22, 2014

It was not clear yet whether there were casualties in the blast, Xinhua reports, adding that the blasts began when two "cross-country vehicles" plowed into crowds of people, and explosives were thrown from them. Witnesses quoted by Xinhua said that one of the vehicles had exploded in the market, while there had been some dozen explosive blasts in total.

UPDATE: Photo from Weibo user who claims to be at scene of explosion in China's Urumuqi, capital of #Xinjiangpic.twitter.com/eOjdUfXjuq
— China Xinhua News (@XHNews) May 22, 2014

The area was cordoned off with flames and heavy smoke reported at the location.

#乌鲁木齐522袭击事件 图辑 https://t.co/lz1VR16p20 … pic.twitter.com/GAfBcnIiHR
— 北风（温云超, Yunchao Wen） (@wenyunchao) May 22, 2014

Last month the restive Chinese region of Xinjiang, which is home to mostly Muslim Uighurs, was the scene of a railways station attack which killed three and injured 79 people. That attack was blamed on radical religious extremists seeking to take control of the region.

— People's Daily,China (@PDChina) May 22, 2014

The day prior 39 people were sentenced to jail terms of up to 15 years on terrorism charges in the far western region of Xinjiang. The suspects, who had ethnic Uighur names, were sentenced during a rare mass public event, reports Reuters.
The charges spanned a number of crimes, including inciting violence and distributing extremist content, as well as making firearms and promoting ethnic friction.



29 death 130 injured so far

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