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| An explosion has hit a railway station in China's western Xinjiang region, injuring a number of people, state media report. | An explosion has hit a railway station in China's western Xinjiang region, injuring a number of people, state media report. |
| The blast hit Urumqi's south railway station on Wednesday evening, state media said. The cause is not clear, but one report said at least 50 were hurt. | The blast hit Urumqi's south railway station on Wednesday evening, state media said. The cause is not clear, but one report said at least 50 were hurt. |
| Xinjiang has experienced several violent clashes over the past months. | Xinjiang has experienced several violent clashes over the past months. |
| China's President Xi Jinping visited the region this week, and has promised to step up anti-terrorism efforts. | China's President Xi Jinping visited the region this week, and has promised to step up anti-terrorism efforts. |
| Verifying reports from the region is difficult because the flow of information out of Xinjiang is tightly controlled. | |
| 'Debris and suitcases' | |
| "A blast occurred at Xinjiang's Urumqi train station at around 19:00 tonight, and there are injured personnel," state-run newspaper People's Daily said on its verified microblog feed. | |
| Meanwhile, The Beijing News said at least 50 people had been injured, citing police officers. | Meanwhile, The Beijing News said at least 50 people had been injured, citing police officers. |
| Photos on social media, which could not be independently verified, appeared to show suitcases and debris strewn across a street after the blast. | Photos on social media, which could not be independently verified, appeared to show suitcases and debris strewn across a street after the blast. |
| However, several microblog posts and photos related to the explosion appeared to have been quickly deleted from Sina Weibo, China's largest microblog platform. | However, several microblog posts and photos related to the explosion appeared to have been quickly deleted from Sina Weibo, China's largest microblog platform. |
| Luo Fuyong, a spokesman for the regional government told Reuters news agency the situation was now "well under control". | |
| The government was assessing casualties and the cause of the explosion, Mr Luo added. | |
| Xinjiang has witnessed serious ethnic tensions in recent years, the BBC's Martin Patience in Beijing reports. | |
| The region is home to the country's Uighur Muslim minority, who have long complained of repression under Chinese rule - an accusation Beijing denies, our correspondent adds. | |
| In March, Chinese officials blamed separatists from the Xinjiang region for a mass knife attack in Kunming, south-west China, which killed 29 and left more than 130 injured. |