Seventeen officials in China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have been punished for dereliction of duty after a series of terrorist attacks in September, as the party chief of the northwestern region vowed a tougher “people’s war” against terrorism. The officials who were deemed negligent and disciplined include Liu Fulin, Communist Party of China chief of Luntai county, his deputy, and other county and township officials, Xinhua news agency reported.