Police ends Xinjiang anti-terrorism drills

Chinese police on Monday concluded large-scale anti-terrorism drills in Xinjiang.

The week-long drills were held in six major cities and prefectures including Kashgar and capital city Urumqi, focusing on practice of responses to violent attacks in public places, hijackings and explosions.

Various corps from local military headquarters, national anti-terror commandos as well as armed police forces participated in the maneuver.

China launched a year-long crackdown on terrorism in the Uygur autonomous region after a bomb attack killed 39 people in an Urumqi market in May.

The first month of the campaign saw 32 terrorist gangs busted, over 380 suspects apprehended, and 315 people sentenced by the courts.