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| Sixteen Chinese policemen have been killed in an attack on a border post in the restive Muslim region of Xinjiang, state media say. | Sixteen Chinese policemen have been killed in an attack on a border post in the restive Muslim region of Xinjiang, state media say. |
| Two attackers reportedly drove up to the post in a rubbish truck and threw two grenades, before moving in to attack the policemen with knives. | Two attackers reportedly drove up to the post in a rubbish truck and threw two grenades, before moving in to attack the policemen with knives. |
| The attack came four days before the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. | The attack came four days before the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. |
| Both attackers were captured during the raid near the city of Kashgar, Xinhua state news agency reported. | |
| Xinhua said the attack happened at about 0800 (0000 GMT), as the policemen were jogging outside the compound. | |
| Fourteen policemen died at the scene and two on the way to hospital. Another 16 policemen were injured. | Fourteen policemen died at the scene and two on the way to hospital. Another 16 policemen were injured. |
| One of the attackers was injured in the leg. | |
| Xinjiang, in the north-west of the country, is home to the Muslim Uighur people. Uighur separatists have waged a low-level campaign against Chinese rule for decades. | Xinjiang, in the north-west of the country, is home to the Muslim Uighur people. Uighur separatists have waged a low-level campaign against Chinese rule for decades. |
| Human rights groups say Beijing is suppressing the rights of Uighurs. | Human rights groups say Beijing is suppressing the rights of Uighurs. |
| The BBC's Daniel Griffiths in Beijing says China has spoken in the past of what it calls a terrorist threat from Muslim militants in Xinjiang, but it has provided little evidence to back up its claims. | |
| Warnings | Warnings |
| Last week, a senior Chinese army officer warned that Islamic separatists were the biggest danger to the Olympics. | |
| CHINA'S UIGHURS Ethnically Turkic Muslims, mainly in XinjiangMade bid for independent state in 1940sSporadic violence in Xinjiang since 1991Uighurs worried about Chinese immigration and erosion of traditional culture | CHINA'S UIGHURS Ethnically Turkic Muslims, mainly in XinjiangMade bid for independent state in 1940sSporadic violence in Xinjiang since 1991Uighurs worried about Chinese immigration and erosion of traditional culture |
| Col Tian Yixiang of the Olympics security command centre told reporters the main threat came from the "East Turkestan terrorist organisation". | Col Tian Yixiang of the Olympics security command centre told reporters the main threat came from the "East Turkestan terrorist organisation". |
| The term is used by the government to refer to Islamist separatists in Xinjiang. | The term is used by the government to refer to Islamist separatists in Xinjiang. |
| Late last month a group called the Turkestan Islamic Party said it had blown up buses in Shanghai and Yunnan, killing five people. | Late last month a group called the Turkestan Islamic Party said it had blown up buses in Shanghai and Yunnan, killing five people. |
| But China denied that the explosions were acts of terrorism. | But China denied that the explosions were acts of terrorism. |
| The Washington-based IntelCenter, which monitors terrorism communications, said the Turkestan Islamic Party had released a video entitled Our Blessed Jihad in Yunnan. | The Washington-based IntelCenter, which monitors terrorism communications, said the Turkestan Islamic Party had released a video entitled Our Blessed Jihad in Yunnan. |
| In it, the group's leader, Commander Seyfullah, said it was responsible for several attacks and threatened the Olympics. | In it, the group's leader, Commander Seyfullah, said it was responsible for several attacks and threatened the Olympics. |
| "The Chinese have haughtily ignored our warnings," IntelCenter quoted him as saying. | "The Chinese have haughtily ignored our warnings," IntelCenter quoted him as saying. |
| "The Turkestan Islamic Party volunteers... have started urgent actions." | "The Turkestan Islamic Party volunteers... have started urgent actions." |
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| In Beijing, Chinese police and a small group of protesters clashed in Qianmen district, near Tiananmen Square. | |
| The demonstrators complained that they had been evicted from their homes to make way for the reconstruction of the district. | |
| The Olympic torch is due to be carried round a stadium in Mianyang, Sichuan province, which was used to house thousands of people forced from their homes by a devastating earthquake in May. | |
| The torch will go on to the provincial capital in Chengdu on Tuesday before heading to Beijing for the opening ceremony on Friday. | |
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