'China station blast kills three, wounds 79'

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Source: AFP

Beijing (AFP) - Three people were killed and 79 others injured late Wednesday in an explosion at a railway station in Urumqi, the capital of China's Xinjiang region, state media reported.

The explosion, which state news agency Xinhua called a "violent terrorist attack", came on the same day that President Xi

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Blast at train station in China's Urumqi, some injured: media

BEIJING (Reuters) - An explosion hit a railway station in the capital of China's far western region of Xinjiang on Wednesday injuring several people shortly after President Xi Jinping spoke of plans to fight "terrorists" during a visit to the area.

Xinjiang, resource-rich and strategically located on the borders of central Asia, has been beset for years by violence blamed by the government on Islamist militants and separatists.

Xinhua news agency said there were some casualties who had been taken to hospital after a blast at Urumqi's south railway station, but gave no details. Government and state media did not give a cause for the blast.

Xinjiang government spokesman Luo Fuyong said authorities were assessing casualty figures and the cause of the blast. He would not speculate on whether it was a militant attack.

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1. Three dead, 79 injured in rail station blast in China's Xinjiang, say state media

Three dead, 79 injured in rail station blast in China's Xinjiang, say state media

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