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Explosion hits Xinjiang capital Urumqi Explosions hit Xinjiang capital Urumqi
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There has been an explosion in the Xinjiang capital, Urumqi, reports from China say. An attack in the Xinjiang capital, Urumqi, has killed and injured an unknown number of people, Chinese reports say.
The blast happened early on Thursday near a park, a report from state news agency Xinhua said. A number of people were injured, it said. Two vehicles rammed shoppers at a market and threw explosives from their vehicles, news agency Xinhua said.
One of the vehicles exploded in the attack, which happened on Thursday morning, the state news agency added.
There are periodic outbreaks of violence in Xinjiang, which is home to the Muslim Uighur minority group.There are periodic outbreaks of violence in Xinjiang, which is home to the Muslim Uighur minority group.
Last month a bomb attack at a station in Urumqi killed three people. China blamed it on Uighur separatists, Last month a bomb attack at a station in Urumqi killed three people and injured dozens more. China blamed the attack on Uighur separatists.
Information about incidents in the far western region, where ethnic tensions rumble between Uighurs and Han Chinese, is tightly controlled.
Pictures on weibo - China's equivalent of Twitter - taken by eyewitnesses appeared to show that Thursday's attack happened at one end of a busy market street lined with stalls selling vegetables.
One photo showed flames engulfing the junction and others showed at least three fire trucks mobilised to put out the fire.
Local media said eyewitnesses heard multiple explosions at the time of the incident.