Xinjiang Blasts

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  Forcing Others to Wear Extremist Garments is a Crime: China

  After banning burqa in restive Xinjiang province where the Uyghur Muslims have a majority, China has amended its criminal law stipulating that forcing others to wear "extremist garments" is a crime.

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  China Says Two Killed, Many Injured in Explosions

  Multiple explosions in a county in China's western region of Xinjiang have killed at least two people and injured many others, regional authorities said on Monday.

• 17 Miners Trapped After Coal Mine Blast in China

  At least 17 miners were trapped after a blast in a coal mine in Xinjiang region of northwest China.

• China Breaks up Another 'Terrorist Gang' in Xinjiang

  Chinese police have broken up a "terrorist gang" in the restive western region of Xinjiang, the local government said on Tuesday, arresting five people conspiring to launch attacks with explosives, days after a deadly blast in the capital, Urumqi.

• Blast in Capital of China's Restive Xinjiang: Xinhua

  An explosion on Thursday hit Urumqi, capital of the restive Chinese region of Xinjiang which is home to mostly Muslim Uighurs, the official Xinhua news agency reported.

• Chinese Police Blame Separatist Group for Urumqi Bombing

  Chinese police blamed the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) for a train station attack in the western city of Urumqi last month that killed three people, Xinhua said on Sunday, the first time the separatists have been directly linked to the assault.

• China Arrests Suspects of Xinjiang Station Bombing

  Chinese police have arrested seven people suspected of involvement in the train station attack and bombing last month in the western city of Urumqi, state-backed newspaper Global Times reported on Saturday.

• China Train Station Blast Seen as Suicide Attack

  Chinese authorities say that two religious extremists carried out a terror attack at a train station in far-western Xinjiang region by detonating explosives, in an apparent suicide bombing that also killed one other person and wounded 79.

• China Blames Religious Extremists for Station Bombing

  An attack at a train station in China's western city of Urumqi was carried out by two religious extremists who both died in the blast, the government said on Thursday.

• China official seeks tougher rules on religion after Xinjiang blasts

  A senior Chinese official called for stricter management of religious activities, state media said on Monday, following explosions in China's western region of Xinjiang which authorities say were masterminded by a religious extremist.

• 12 dead as violence hits China's Xinjiang: authorities

  Six people died in explosions and another six were shot dead by police in China's Xinjiang, authorities said on Saturday, in the latest wave of violence to hit the restive region.

• Coal mine blast in western China kills 21

  A blast at a coal mine in China's far-west Xinjiang province killed 21 people on Friday, state agency Xinhua said.