15 die in west China violence; 14 injured

BEIJING — An attack in China’s western Xinjiang region left 15 people dead and 14 injured, state media reported Saturday, the latest in a wave of ethnic violence there that has claimed dozens of lives over the past year.

The official Xinhua News Agency reported that the attack took place at a “food street” Friday in Shache County, the same region where state media said a series of attacks in July left 96 people dead, including 59 assailants.

The Tianshan news portal said the assailants in Friday’s attack wielded explosives, knives and at least one vehicle. Xinhua reported that 11 of the 15 people killed were assailants.

Police in Shache County declined to provide information.