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| Death penalty for Tiananmen crash | Death penalty for Tiananmen crash |
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| Three people have been given death sentences over a fatal car crash in Tiananmen Square last October. | |
| Chinese state media said the men were convicted at the court in Xinjiang province of a "violent terror attack". | |
| Reports said at least two of the convicted appeared to be from the Muslim Uighur population. | |
| Beijing accuses the Uighurs of waging a violent campaign for separation from China. Many Uighurs say their way of life is under threat. | |
| The car crashed into a crowd and burst into flames, killing two tourists - one Chinese and one from the Philippines - and injuring 38 other people. | |
| Three people who were in the car also died. | |
| Some reports at the time quoted officials as saying it was a deliberate suicide attack. | |
| But other police officials said the authorities had been chasing the car at the time of the crash. |