50 killed in series of blasts in China's Xinjiang province

September 25, 2014 22:16

In a major "terrorist" attack, 50 people including 40 "rioters" were killed in a series of explosions targeting a fair and police stations in China's restive Xinjiang province where the country is battling an upsurge in separatist violence by ethnic Muslim Uygurs.

Forty rioters died in a series of explosions in Luntai County of northwest China's Xinjiang on Sunday, state-run Xinhua news agency reported today providing sketchy details about the deadly attack.

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