Published by: THE WORLD UYGHUR NETWORK NEWS May 7, 1997

Washington, May 1 Kyodo -- More than 50 people were killed in two

separate violent incidents in China's northwestern Xinjiang Uygur

autonomous region in February, a female Uygur has said in the first

witness account of the two incidents.

The witness, who left the troubled region for the United States after

the incidents, told Kyodo News on Tuesday that she took part in a

demonstration in yining on Feb. 5 against the arrest of about 100

muslim students seeking an end to China's rule in the region and later

heard that 31 people were killed by police fire.

Chinese authorities said at that time that at least 10 people died and

140 others were injured. The witness, whose identity was withheld for

security reasons, also said she saw more than 20 dead bodies after a

bomb exploded inside a bus Feb. 25 in urumqi.

According to the woman, after hearing a big explosion after 5 p.M., she

looked through a window of her downtown apartment and saw the middle

part of a three-carriage trolley bus damaged by the explosion noticing

some 22 to 23 dead bodies, mostly of han Chinese. Chinese authorities

announced that nine people lost their lives and 74 incurred injuries in

the bomb blast.