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China arrests 380 in latest crackdown on 'terrorism'
BEIJING--China has arrested more than 380 suspects in the first month of a yearlong crackdown on "terrorism," media said Monday as authorities grapple to curb rising violence stemming from mainly Muslim Xinjiang.
A total of 32 "violent terrorist" gangs were broken up as part of the campaign launched after a deadly attack on a market in Xinjiang's capital Urumqi, state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) said.
Assailants in two vehicles killed 39 people last month, one of several high-profile attacks blamed on militants from Xinjiang. In recent months these have spread beyond the far-western region and targeted ordinary citizens rather than government or security personnel.
The day after the Urumqi market attack Beijing announced that "terrorists and extremists will be hunted down and punished" as part of a year-long campaign, which also targets "gun and explosive manufacturing dens and terrorist training camps."
A total of 264 devices capable of detonating 3.15 tons of explosives were also confiscated, the report said.
Xinjiang is the resource-rich homeland of China's mostly Muslim Uighur minority, and much of the violence stems from ethnic tensions.
CCTV's report did not detail the ethnicities of those arrested.
China executed 13 people last week for "terrorist attacks" in the violence-racked region as three others were condemned to death over a fiery car crash at Beijing's Tiananmen Square.
China arrests 380 in latest crackdown on 'terrorism' - The China Post
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China is going 'wholesale' (as they say) in arresting people.
The aim is simple it appears.
Suppress the Muslims with fear and intimidation.
BEIJING--China has arrested more than 380 suspects in the first month of a yearlong crackdown on "terrorism," media said Monday as authorities grapple to curb rising violence stemming from mainly Muslim Xinjiang.
A total of 32 "violent terrorist" gangs were broken up as part of the campaign launched after a deadly attack on a market in Xinjiang's capital Urumqi, state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) said.
Assailants in two vehicles killed 39 people last month, one of several high-profile attacks blamed on militants from Xinjiang. In recent months these have spread beyond the far-western region and targeted ordinary citizens rather than government or security personnel.
The day after the Urumqi market attack Beijing announced that "terrorists and extremists will be hunted down and punished" as part of a year-long campaign, which also targets "gun and explosive manufacturing dens and terrorist training camps."
A total of 264 devices capable of detonating 3.15 tons of explosives were also confiscated, the report said.
Xinjiang is the resource-rich homeland of China's mostly Muslim Uighur minority, and much of the violence stems from ethnic tensions.
CCTV's report did not detail the ethnicities of those arrested.
China executed 13 people last week for "terrorist attacks" in the violence-racked region as three others were condemned to death over a fiery car crash at Beijing's Tiananmen Square.
China arrests 380 in latest crackdown on 'terrorism' - The China Post
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China is going 'wholesale' (as they say) in arresting people.
The aim is simple it appears.
Suppress the Muslims with fear and intimidation.
