Several bombings that occurred in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on early Sunday morning have left seven bombers and a security guard dead. Two police officers and two civilians injured, according to the regional public security department.

The explosions occurred at 2:30 AM in Kuqa County, southern Xinjiang. Witnesses say home-made explosives hurled from within a taxi hit the local public security station as well the industrial and commercial office.

Kuqa has a population of about 400,000 people, and is about 740 kilometers from the regional capital of Urumqi. Local security has been tightened and an investigation is already underway.

(CCTV August 11, 2008)