Chinese state media reported a series of blasts has killed 2 people and injured many more in the Xinjiang province on Sunday.
Multiple explosions were reported in the province, which has seen increasingly tight security as Chinese authorities cracked down on Uighur separatists. Hundreds of Uighurs have been detained, charged and or killed in the last year, reports the New York Times.
“Public security officers quickly handled the situation,” said regional authorities after the explosions which occurred in at least three different places in Luntai county.
Earlier in the day before the blasts, 17 officials in the province were disciplined by Chinese authorities for failing to prevent attacks that left almost 100 dead earlier this year.
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