Possible Attack on Beijing Games Uncovered
Aggregated Source: China ChallengesThe Shanghai Daily reports:
TWO terrorists killed and 15 arrested in January in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region had planned to attack the Beijing Olympic Games, the region's Party chief said yesterday.
Wang Lequan said police who smashed the terrorist gang in Urumqi, capital of the northwestern Xinjiang, seized knives, axes and books about terrorism.
"Obviously, the gang had planned an attack targeting the Olympics," Wang told a press conference in Beijing.
The group was said to have collaborated with the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, a group the United Nations labeled a terrorist organization in 2002.
Wang's remarks came as authorities also revealed they had foiled an attempt to crash a passenger jet flying from Urumqi to Beijing on Friday.
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