Police hail 'major victory' after foiling plot to launch new bomb attack in Xinjiang

Anti-terror police in Xinjiang claimed to have scored a “major victory” after officers swooped on a “significant terrorist group” and raided two bomb factories, according to the official Xinjiang Daily.

Security has been visibly stepped up in Urumqi, the Xinjiang capital, after the region saw its bloodiest day in five years last Thursday. Photo: AP

Anti-terror police in Xinjiang claimed to have scored a “major victory” after officers swooped on a “significant terrorist group” and raided two bomb factories, according to the local Communist Party mouthpiece, the Xinjiang Daily.

Police arrested five suspects who allegedly planned to bomb a crowded public place in the troubled region’s Hotan prefecture, the report said. Officers seized 1.8 tonnes of explosive material.

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