Six days later, a string of explosions in supermarkets, hotels and government buildings rocked the region's Kuqa County, killing a security guard and a civilian and injuring two police officers, two civilians and another security guard.

Police said that in the first half of 2008, five terrorist groups were cracked in Xinjiang and 82 suspected terrorists detained.

In October, the police published the names of eight alleged terrorists belonging to the East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM), the Allah Party or the East Turkistan National Revolution Association, which is said to be one of the most dangerous terrorist organizations among the "East Turkistan" terrorist groups.

China accused the Allah Party of being engaged in activities aimed at splitting the country by means of terror and establishing a theocratic "East Turkistan Islamic State" in Xinjiang.

(Xinhua News Agency March 6, 2009)