
BEIJING - Chinese militants from the western region of Xinjiang have  fled from the country to get "terrorist training" from Islamic State  fighters for attacks at home, state media reported on Monday.
The  report was the first time state-run media had linked militants from  Xinjiang, home to ethnic minority Uighur Muslims, to militants of the  Islamic State (IS), a radical Sunni Muslim group which has seized large  parts of Syria and Iraq.
China's government has blamed a surge of  violence over the past year on Islamist militants from Xinjiang who  China says are fighting for an independent state called East Turkestan.
"They  not only want to get training in terrorist techniques, but also to  expand their connections in international terrorist organizations  through actual combat to gain support for escalation of terrorist  activities in China," the Global Times cited an unidentified Chinese  "anti-terrorism worker" as saying.
In the latest violence in  Xinjiang, state media said two people were killed and several injured in  at least three explosions on Sunday.
BEIJING - Chinese militants from the western  region of Xinjiang have fled from the country to get "terrorist  training" from Islamic State fighters for attacks at home, state media  reported on Monday.
The report was the first time state-run media  had linked militants from Xinjiang, home to ethnic minority Uighur  Muslims, to militants of the Islamic State (IS), a radical Sunni Muslim  group which has seized large parts of Syria and Iraq.
China's  government has blamed a surge of violence over the past year on Islamist  militants from Xinjiang who China says are fighting for an independent  state called East Turkestan.
"They not only want to get training  in terrorist techniques, but also to expand their connections in  international terrorist organizations through actual combat to gain  support for escalation of terrorist activities in China," the Global  Times cited an unidentified Chinese "anti-terrorism worker" as saying.
In  the latest violence in Xinjiang, state media said two people were  killed and several injured in at least three explosions on Sunday.