Violent attack in China's volatile northwestern region of Xinjiang

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May 22, 2014 at 6:05 AM

A woman points to a broken window at a building, which was damaged by an explosion in Urumqi on Thursday, in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, in this photo taken by Kyodo on May 22, 2014. Five suicide bombers carried out the attack which killed 31 people in the capital of China's troubled Xinjiang region, state media reported a day after the deadliest terrorist attack to date in the region. Picture taken May 22, 2014. Mandatory credit REUTERS/Kyodo (CHINA - Tags: CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST POLITICS) ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. MANDATORY CREDIT. JAPAN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN JAPAN. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. YES

Paramilitary policemen patrol past a building, where a window was damaged by an explosion in Urumqi on Thursday, in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, in this photo taken by Kyodo on May 22, 2014. Five suicide bombers carried out the attack which killed 31 people in the capital of China's troubled Xinjiang region, state media reported a day after the deadliest terrorist attack to date in the region. Picture taken May 22, 2014. Mandatory credit REUTERS/Kyodo (CHINA - Tags: CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST) ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. MANDATORY CREDIT. JAPAN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN JAPAN. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. YES

Paramilitary policemen stand guard in front of Urumqi No. 5 middle school after Thursday's attack in downtown Urumqi, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region May 23, 2014. Five suicide bombers carried out the attack which killed 31 people in the capital of China's troubled Xinjiang region, state media reported a day after the deadliest terrorist attack to date in the region. REUTERS/Petar Kujundzic (CHINA - Tags: MILITARY CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW EDUCATION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Paramilitary policemen patrol past a building with broken windows after an explosion in Urumqi, in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, in this photo taken by Kyodo May 22, 2014. Five suicide bombers carried out the attack which killed 31 people in the capital of China's troubled Xinjiang region, state media reported a day after the deadliest terrorist attack to date in the region. Picture taken May 22, 2014. Mandatory credit REUTERS/Kyodo (CHINA - Tags: CRIME LAW POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. JAPAN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN JAPAN. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. YES

People look on at a street cordoned off by police after a blast in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region May 22, 2014. (REUTERS/CNSphoto)

Vendors undersell fruits at an open market near the site of a blast in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region May 22, 2014. (REUTERS/CNSphoto)

Police vehicles of the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team are seen after a blast occurred, on a road in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, May 22, 2014. (REUTERS/Stringer)

Riot policemen look behind them toward the site of an explosion, which has been cordoned off, as they stand guard in downtown Urumqi, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, May 22, 2014 in this photo distributed by China's official Xinhua News Agency. (REUTERS/Cao Zhiheng/Xinhua)

A policeman and fire-fighting trucks are seen near the site of an explosion, which has been cordoned off, in downtown Urumqi, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, May 22, 2014 in this photo distributed by China's official Xinhua News Agency. (REUTERS/Cao Zhiheng/Xinhua)

A woman points to a broken window at a building, which was damaged by an explosion in Urumqi on Thursday, in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, in this photo taken by Kyodo on May 22, 2014. Five suicide bombers carried out the attack which killed 31 people in the capital of China's troubled Xinjiang region, state media reported a day after the deadliest terrorist attack to date in the region. Picture taken May 22, 2014. Mandatory credit REUTERS/Kyodo (CHINA - Tags: CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST POLITICS) ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. MANDATORY CREDIT. JAPAN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN JAPAN. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. YES

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Authorities on Saturday announced the first arrest in a bombing that killed at least 43 people in China's Muslim northwest and said they were launching a yearlong anti-terrorism crackdown.

Police announced names of five people blamed for Thursday's attack in a vegetable market in the city of Urumqi, and accused them of forming a "terrorist gang" at the end of 2013, the official Xinhua News Agency said. Four of the suspects were killed and the fifth was captured Thursday night in an area about 250 kilometers (150 miles) south of Urumqi, Xinhua said. (AP)

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