BEIJING, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- Police forces and state
security agencies had prevented five organized terrorist attacks on civilians in
China's far west Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China's anti-terrorism
sources said Monday.
Separatist "East Turkestan" terrorists both at home
and abroad had been plotting attacks against civilians since the July 5 riot
that left 197 dead and more than 1,600 injured in Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang.
The recent attempted attacks would have "damaged
social stability and ethnic unity", the sources said.
Police forces and state security authorities had
successively crushed five organized terrorist plots in Urumqi, Kashgar, Aksu and
Ili in Xinjiang.
Anti-terrorism agencies had captured "a group of
suspects involved in the terrorist activities" but the number of people arrested
was not given.
Also confiscated were "guns, controlled knifes,
explosives and materials advocating violence and terrorism." Further details
were kept under wraps.
The crackdown on terrorist activities had effectively
safeguarded the country's security and stability, and protected the people's
life and property safety, the sources said.
The photo taken on Aug. 2, 2009 shows a
letter written by family members of Rebiya Kadeer to relatives of the
victims in the riot in Urumqi on July 5. Family members of Rebiya Kadeer
have asked her not to organize violence or undermine the peaceful life in
Xinjiang, in letters made public on Monday. (Xinhua/Ding Lin) Photo
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URUMQI, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- Family members of Rebiya
Kadeer have asked her not to organize violence or undermine the peaceful life in
Xinjiang, in letters made public on Monday.
They blamed her for organizing the riot in Urumqi on
July 5 and apologized to the victims in two separate letters dated July 24.
Full story
URUMQI, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- Following is the full text
of a letter to families of the victims in July 5 riot, which was written by
Rebiya Kadeer's family living in China on July 24. The letter was originally
written in Uygur language:
We are Rebiya Kadeer's younger brother Memet, son
Khahar and daughter Roxingul. Full story
URUMQI, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- Police in Urumqi say they have
detained another 319 people in connection with the deadly riot of July 5 in the
capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
The arrests are in addition to the 253 detentions police
announced on July 29. Full story
URUMQI, July 29 (Xinhua) -- Police in Urumqi, capital of
northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, have detained a further 253
suspects from the July 5 riot that left 197 people dead.
Most of the newly-detained suspects charged to be involved
in the destruction in Urumqi were turned in by local residents of different
ethnic groups, police said Wednesday. Full story
BEIJING, July 28 (Xinhua) -- A netizen, who was believed
to be a key member of the World Uygur Congress (WUC), was blamed by Chinese
authorities for fanning ethnic confrontation that caused the deadly July 5 riot
in Urumqi by spreading online a fake video about "a Uygur girl beaten to death".
The video, about a girl in red being beaten to death by a
group of people using stones, was originally broadcast by the CNN in May, 2007,
as something happened in the Mosul city of Iraq on April 7, 2007. Full story
ROME, July 26 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese government's
reaction to the July 5 riots in Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous
Region, was "normal" and "understandable," Italian experts told Xinhua in recent
interviews.
Beijing's reaction "was natural," said Giuseppe Sacco, a
professor of international relations and world economic systems at the Luiss
University in Rome. Full story
