The White House is condemning a bombing attack in Urumqi, China, calling it a, quote, "despicable and outrageous" act of violence against innocent civilians.
At least 31 people were killed on May 22 when attackers ploughed two vehicles into an open-air market and threw explosives in Urumqi, capital of China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, AFP reported.
Millions of people around China have read a manual about how to survive a terrorist attack, after 31 people were killed in an attack on a street market in Urumqi, capital of China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, on May 22, BBC reported.
A series of explosions tore through an open-air market in Urumqi, capital of China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on May 22, killing dozens of people and wounding many more, CNN reported.
Vehicles plowed through an open market and set off explosions in Urumqi, capital of China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on May 22, killing at least 31 people and injured more than 90 others, NBC News reported.
So far this month, police in China's restive western region of Xinjiang have broken up 23 terror and religious extremism groups and caught over 200 suspects, state media reported Monday.
China on Wednesday sentenced 39 people to jail terms of up to 15 years on terrorism charges, as authorities crack down on the restive far western region of Xinjiang, hit by a recent string of knife and bomb attacks blamed on Islamist separatists.
Police are the "fists and daggers" in the fight against terrorism, China's President Xi Jinping said on a trip to the western Xinjiang region where authorities say members of a Muslim minority are waging a violent separatist campaign.
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