loviin_lee 215 Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 China's President vows 'decisive action' against terror attacks after three people are killed and 79 injured in knife and bomb attack -Attackers slashed civilians with knives and set off explosives at Urumqi station -Three dead and 79 injured in attacks in far west region of China -Came on day that President Xi Jinping ended visit to Xinjiang district -He has promised 'decisive actions' following blast at train station -Comes weeks after 29 killed in stabbing spree at Kunming in Yunnan province Unidentified assailants used explosives and knives during the attack at the station in Xinjiang's capital Urumqi. State media called the incident in the far-western minority region a premeditated terrorist attack.The violence came as President Xi Jinping wrapped up a four-day visit to the area that has witnessed rising violence against civilians and authorities blamed on radical Islamists and separatists. 'The battle to combat violence and terrorism will not allow even a moment of slackness, and decisive actions must be taken to resolutely suppress the terrorists' rampant momentum,' Mr Xi said. The official Xinhua News Agency quoted eyewitnesses as saying at least two blasts went off at the South Station, while a large group of attackers went after passengers.There was no immediate word on arrests and it was unclear whether Mr Xi was still in the region at the time of the attack. 'At the moment, it is acknowledged to be a terrorist attack. What is yet to be found out is who did this and for what purpose under whose instigation,' Xinhua said. Train service was suspended for about two hours, Xinhua said, and security was tightened at all transport hubs in the city, which has a mainly Han Chinese population who are distinct from Xinjiang's native Turkic Muslim Uighur ethnic group.A woman working at a convenience store near the train station said she heard a loud explosion shortly after 7pm local time yesterday. 'The whole area now has been cordoned off by police and military police,' she said, refusing to give her name. Photos circulating briefly on Chinese social media sites showed scattered luggage near the station's exit and a heavy presence of armed men. Xinhua said the blast was centred on some luggage left on the ground between the station's exit and a bus stop. Tensions between Chinese and Uighurs have been simmering for years in Xinjiang, particularly since 2009 rioting in Urumqi left nearly 200 people dead. Beijing has at times blamed the violence on overseas-based instigators, but has offered little evidence. Last year, three Uighurs rammed a vehicle into crowds in a suicide attack near the Forbidden City gate in the heart of Beijing, killing themselves and two tourists. In March, five knife-wielding men and women believed to be Uighurs slashed at crowds indiscriminately at a railway station in south-western China, killing 29 people. While Beijing faults separatists for raising ethnic tensions, government critics say restrictive and discriminatory policies and practices have alienated the Uighurs. They say Han people have flooded Xinjiang and benefited from its economic growth while Uighurs have felt excluded.China has smothered Xinjiang with additional security and imposed additional restrictions on Uighur travel rights, culture and religious practices. That, say Uighur activists, is exacerbating the resentments driving the violence. 'The Urumqi explosion again proves that forceful repression is not a solution to the problem,' said Dilxat Raxit, a spokesman for the World Uyghur Congress based in Germany. During his visit to the region, Mr Xi urged government officials to maintain social stability, promote growth, improve living standards and strengthen ethnic unity, according to state media reports. 'Local police stations are the fists and the daggers. We must work hard at the grass-roots level of the police stations,' he said. 'We must take care of our front-line offices. You need to protect yourselves and make achievements at tasks such as better serving the people in the future and safeguarding social stability.' Mr Xi said China would deploy a 'strike-first strategy' in its fight against terrorism. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2617196/Three-die-scores-injured-terrorist-blast-train-station-Chinas-far-west.html#ixzz30Sdnz49l Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abra 40,910 Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 Another attack? This is crazy RIP to the dead, and hopefully the injured will be able to recover. I hope the terrorists are caught Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OppawithaVengeance 3,454 Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 Omg these attacks are crazy!! Also why doesn't this have more publicity? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buji 158 Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 Omg these attacks are crazy!! Also why doesn't this have more publicity? Chinese government halts this kind of terrorist related news immediately... If they can't take actions before the news spreading into world, they just simply block every foreign websites and people who are living in China never gets the news on time. The Chinese government power is no joke seriously... -_- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chriandra 67 Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 All these crazy attacks happening this week. Rip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamar braxton 151 Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 Why does the article op posted (and every other news piece by western media outlets) claim Muslim uighurs are native to Xinjiang when they're not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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