Uighurs blamed for the attack on mostly Han Chinese workers at a coalmine in troubled Xinjiang province on 18 September,Radio Free Asia reportsAt least 50 people died in an attack final month at a coalmine in China’s violence-prone Xinjiang province, US-based Radio Free Asia reported on Thursday, or as the country geared up to mark 60 years since the establishment of what it calls the Xinjiang Autonomous Region. The government says it faces a serious threat from Islamist militants and separatists in energy-wealthy Xinjiang,which sits strategically on the borders of central Asia and where hundreds have died in violence in recent years.
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Source: theguardian.com