Chinese security forces staged another mass anti-terror rally in the insurgency-prone Xinjiang Province in response to the recent rise in the violence in the region. Nearly 10 people were killed and scores injured in China's only Muslim-dominated province in two separate violent incidents over the past two months.

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Several photos uploaded on Xinjiang government's news website's on Saturday shows policemen clad with guns running through the capital city of capital Urumqi accompanied by lines of armored vehicles. The pictures also showed policemen and soldiers standing in front of the government buildings where they reportedly shouted anti-terror slogans.

Xinjiang Deputy Party Secretary Zhu Hailun said the Urumqi rally, which previously passed through Kashgar and Hotan towns, is a sign of "real action" to deepen the fight against terror.       

Militants and extremists would be "smashed and destroyed," he added.

China for long has been waging war against insurgency in the Xinjiang's Muslim Uygur community. There have been reports that scores of young people from Uygur community have crossed to Pakistan and Syria to seeking training in terrorist camps.     

These disturbing reports have prompted the Chinese government to seal the Xinjiang borders and to seek closer cooperation with Pakistan, Afghanistan, Russia, and other countries to fight terrorism.

The restive peace in the Muslim-dominated region was broken in December last year, when terrorist's vehicle slammed into a government building, killing five people and leaving several injured. This was followed by a knife attack earlier this week that led to the death of five people and left many others injured.      

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