For the first time, China blamed Uygur "militants" trained in Pakistan for the deadly violence in its restive Xinjiang province which left at least 22 people dead in the last two days.

"The initial probe found that the group's leaders had learned how to make explosives and firearms in overseas camps of the terrorist group ETIM in Pakistan before entering Xinjiang to organise terrorist activities," an official statement said.

"The suspects harboured thoughts of religious extremism. The outbreak of violence was absolutely no random occurrence," it said.

The statement came amid reports of a secret visit to China of Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha, the powerful chief of Pakistan's spy agency ISI.

Kashghar, a trade city located close to Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK), witnessed the worst violence directed against the Chinese mainland Hans during the last two days.

While nine people were killed in an attack on Saturday, another 11, including five suspected militants, were killed in violence last night.

Police today shot dead two suspects who fled after a violent terrorist attack yesterday, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

The dead included 29-year-old Memtieli Tiliwaldi and 34-year-old Turson Hasan. They were killed in the corn fields in the suburb of Kashghar, it said.

After the terse statement from Beijing, Islamabad said it would extend "full cooperation" to China in countering the rebels of the ETIM.

"Pakistan will continue to extend its full cooperation and support to the government of the People's Republic of China against the ETIM," Foreign Office spokesperson Tehmina Janjua said in a brief statement in Islamabad.

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