[ETIC, 04/24/98] On April 23, between 11 a.m. and noon, two police cars exploded in the city of Kashgar in Eastern Turkistan killing
a chief of the Kashgar city police department and the city's chief of the paramilitary police. The explosions also killed about 8 passers-by.
The Kazakhstani-Chinese border passing point at Qorghas is reported to be closed by the Chinese side for the last 3 days. [Abdullah Pamir]