Xinjiang attack: vehicle rams into government compound killing several

By Philip Wen
Updated December 30 2016 - 12:08am, first published December 29 2016 - 11:32pm
Thirty-one people were killed in May in Urumqi, Xinjiang, China. Photo: Sanghee Liu
Thirty-one people were killed in May in Urumqi, Xinjiang, China. Photo: Sanghee Liu
Police stand guard in a Uighur neighborhood in the Xinjiang region, which experienced an outbreak of violence in 2013.  Photo: New York Times
Police stand guard in a Uighur neighborhood in the Xinjiang region, which experienced an outbreak of violence in 2013. Photo: New York Times

 Beijing: Five people have been killed in China's far-western Xinjiang region after attackers drove a vehicle into a government compound and set off a makeshift explosive device, in an incident the country's official state media have described as a "terrorist attack".

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