Flights to China's Xinjiang diverted after suspected passenger threat

BEIJING (Reuters) - Two Chinese flights bound for the troubled far western region of Xinjiang were diverted to other airports after a passenger said his travelling companion had threatened to blow up one of the aircraft.

Both planes were operated by Juneyao airlines and flying from the commercial capital, Shanghai, to the city of Urumqi, where hours earlier, blasts at a street market killed 31 people and injured 94. Authorities labelled the attack an act of terrorism.