'Hometown' of Urumqi suspects vows to help prevent terror attacks

Residents of Pishan county in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, home of the terrorists who launched in May the deadly attack in the regional capital Urumqi, alerted police to 23 terrorism-related cases between May 23 and June 30, China News Service reported on Wednesday.

The residents of the county in Hotan prefecture were furious that the terrorists damaged their reputation - a report about the attack called the county the "hometown of the terrorists". They resolved to help authorities find any suspected terrorists in villages and even in the deserts since Xinjiang launched a one-year campaign on May 23 to root out terrorism, local police said.

Pishan residents are not afraid of confronting suspects, said Yin Zetao, director of the Pishan public security bureau.