5,000 evacuated from blast scene in five minutes

More than 100 police and security officers arrived to help the injured and evacuate the area just one minute after Thursday's deadly terrorist attack on a morning market in Urumqi, a police official said on Friday.

"The first police patrol car arrived at the open-air market about 20 seconds after the officer heard the explosion," said Yang Kaizhou, director of Yangzijiang Road police station.

"Together with the 46 security officers from the market, we evacuated more than 5,000 people in five minutes."