China on Monday blamed Muslim separatist "terrorists" for deadly unrest in its vast northwest region bordering Central Asia.The Kashgar local government said in a statement on its website the assailants behind one attack that left six dead had learned explosive-making skills in terrorist-run camps in Pakistan.Nineteen people were killed in two separate incidents in the ancient Silk Road city of Kashgar over the weekend in the latest wave of violence to hit the restive Xinjiang region.
The Chinese authorities have accused the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, (ETIM), which wants an independent homeland for Xinjiang's Uighurs.