China says no foreign link in Xinjiang violence

BEIJING (AP) — Investigators found no foreign links to extremist violence in northwestern China’s Xinjiang region last week in which 25 people died, state media said Thursday, diverging from past claims that attacks there are orchestrated overseas.

The investigation into the April 23 violence concluded that “the terrorists had no connection with foreign forces,” Xinjiang government spokesman Hou Hanmin was quoted as saying by the China Daily newspaper.