BEIJING (AFP) – Suspected “terrorists” killed in a raid in northwest China’s Muslim-dominated Xinjiang region earlier this year had been planning an attack on the Olympics, a top official said Sunday.
Chinese police search pedestrians in front of the “Countdown Clock” to the Beijing Olympics 2008 sign in Tiananmen Square in Beijing. A Chinese official said that suspected “terrorists” killed in a raid in northwest China’s Muslim-dominated Xinjiang region earlier this year had been planning an attack on the Olympics.
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In separate comments, another high-level official from the same region said authorities had Friday foiled an attempted “terrorist attack” on a passenger jet flying from the regional capital Urumqi to Beijing.
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In separate comments, another high-level official from the same region said authorities had Friday foiled an attempted “terrorist attack” on a passenger jet flying from the regional capital Urumqi to Beijing.
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