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| 'Deadly blasts' in China's restive Xinjiang region | |
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| Two people have been killed and others hurt in a series of blasts in China's Xinjiang region, Chinese media say. | |
| A local Communist Party news portal said the explosions took place in at least three locations in Luntai county. | |
| Xinjiang has suffered unrest in recent months amid tensions between the local Uighurs, a Muslim Turkic people, and Han Chinese settlers. | |
| In July, dozens were killed and injured in violence at police and government buildings near the city of Kashgar. | |
| Two days later, the imam of a mosque in Kashgar, the largest mosque in China, was killed in an apparent targeted attack. | |
| Earlier on Sunday, state media had reported that 17 police officers and officials had been punished over the two incidents, though did not specify how. | |
| China blames the unrest on Uighur separatists inspired by overseas terror groups, but activists say Beijing's repressive policies in the region are fuelling violence. |