MULTIPLE explosions in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region killed two and injured a number of people Sunday morning, the regional government website said yesterday.

    At around 5 p.m., blasts went off outside a shop in a village and a downtown area of Luntai County and in the townships of Yangxia and Terakbazar in Beyinguoleng prefecture.

    The injured have been sent to hospitals. An investigation is under way.

    The latest blast came after a terrorist gang attacked a police station and government buildings in Shache County near Kashgar on July 28, killing 37 people before police shot dead 59 of the attackers.

    Seventeen officials in Kashgar prefecture were announced Sunday to have received punishments for taking administrative responsibility for the attack.

    He Limin, Party chief of Shache, was removed from his post and Ahat Shayit, head of the county, received a warning. The county’s public chief was also removed from his post.(SD-Agencies)