China Foils Olympic Terrorist Plot
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities foiled plots to kidnap foreigners and carry out suicide attacks around the Beijing Olympics, police said on Thursday, in a fresh blow to the image of harmony China has sought to promote before the Games.
Authorities in the restive northwestern region of Xinjiang detained 45 suspects and seized explosives and firearms in an operation a police spokesman said cracked two terrorist groups seeking to disrupt the Olympics.
“We are facing a real terrorist threat. All walks of life and the public should maintain a high degree of vigilance,” police spokesman Wu Heping told a news conference.
China has heightened security in advance of the Games, which start on August 8, following a rash of anti-Beijing unrest in Tibet and neighboring areas. Reports have also emerged of at least one pro-independence protest in Xinjiang last month.
The European Parliament, meanwhile, voted for a possible boycott by EU leaders of the Olympics opening ceremony if China fails to talk to the Dalai Lama, raising pressure on Beijing over the way it has handled a recent wave of unrest in Tibet and neighboring areas.
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April 10th, 2008 at 7:42 am