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Three people were killed when an explosion hit a railway station in the capital of China’s western Xinjiang region, state media reported.
Reports say 79 people have been injured in the blast at Urumqi’s southern railway station on Wednesday.
Xinhua news agency quoted police saying “knife-wielding mobs slashed people” at an exit of the station and set off a bomb.
Train service was suspended for around two hours, said the Xinhua state news agency.
The incident occurred on the last day of Xi’s visit to the restive province. It was not immediately clear whether he was still in the region when the attack happened.
A posting on Chinese social media website Weibo showed photos of littered debris, luggage torn apart by the blast and security forces at the site.
However, the photos had been removed within hours of being posted.
Violence has plagued Xinjiang province, home to an ethnically diverse population comprised primarily of Muslim Uighurs. Beijing has blamed the unrest on terrorists backed by foreigners, however rights groups cite cultural repression as the cause of the ethnic clashes in recent years.
During his four-day trip, President Xi called for more support for local police and greater security for the people of the region.
Agencies/Canadajournal
