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Urumqi syringe attacks are 'terror events', say Chinese officials | Chinese officials in Urumqi have termed the recent syringe
attacks as "terror attacks". "They aimed to unsettle the city's atmosphere," said
Yan Yuxing, former president of Urumqi Municipal Intermediate People's Court.
The attacks, which targeted innocent people in the capital of northwest China's
Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, were not practical jokes or simple crimes perpetrated
by one individual but organized and planned stabbings to disturb the social order,
said Du Xintao, an official with the regional Public Security Department. Local
authorities said late on Tuesday that another four suspects involved in the syringe
attacks were prosecuted on Monday, bringing the number prosecuted to eight. Police
have caught 45 suspects during the scare, the China Daily reports. To tackle the
crisis, the government has posted guards in public places like buses, schools
and hospitals. The health department is treating victims. No deaths have been
reported, nor have there been any cases needing anti-viral drugs, said an official
with the regional center of disease control and prevention. The government also
held several press conferences and published several public notices since Sept
2 informing the public about the attacks and promising to punish the attackers.
Urumqi residents welcomed the government's transparency over the syringe attacks. |
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