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China 'breaks two terror groups' China 'foils Olympic terror plot'
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China says it has cracked two terror groups operating in its heavily Muslim north-western region of Xinjiang. China says it has cracked two terror groups plotting attacks on visitors attending August's Beijing Olympics.
Ministry of Public Security Spokesman Wu Heping told a news conference that 35 people had been arrested. The government said 35 arrests had been made and explosives seized in heavily Muslim north-western Xinjiang province.
Last month China said a planned attack on a Chinese airliner had been foiled and that police in January smashed a plot to attack the Beijing Olympics. Last month China said police in January had smashed a plot to attack the Olympics and that a planned attack on a Chinese airliner had been foiled.
Xinjiang is home to a number of Muslim Uighurs, some of whom want independence in the region they call East Turkestan.Xinjiang is home to a number of Muslim Uighurs, some of whom want independence in the region they call East Turkestan.
Many resent the recent and large-scale influx into the region of Han Chinese settlers, observers say, though there have been few reports of violence. The development was announced by Ministry of Public Security spokesman Wu Heping at a news conference.
China brands the separatists terrorists and has claimed more than 260 terror acts have been committed in Xinjiang in the past two decades. He was quoted by Reuters news agency as saying: "At the end of last year an overseas East Turkestan terrorist group issued an order requesting its members to enter the country to be ready to launch terrorist attacks at the Beijing Olympics."
As the 8 August opening of the Beijing Olympics draws closer the Chinese authorities have become more concerned about security, say correspondents. As the opening of the Games draws closer China has become more concerned about security, say correspondents.
The authorities said last month that a plane crew had prevented an attempt to crash a flight from Xinjiang to Beijing and that two passengers had been detained.The authorities said last month that a plane crew had prevented an attempt to crash a flight from Xinjiang to Beijing and that two passengers had been detained.
Many in Xinjiang resent the recent and large-scale influx into the region of Han Chinese settlers, observers say, though there have been few reports of violence.
China brands the separatists terrorists and has claimed more than 260 terror acts have been committed in Xinjiang in the past two decades.