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Tiananmen crash: China police 'detain suspects'
Source: BBC
30 October 2013 Last updated at 12:29 GMT
Tiananmen crash: China police 'detain suspects'
Police in China have detained five suspects in connection with Monday's deadly car crash at Beijing's Tiananmen Square, state media report.
Police have described the incident as a "violent terror attack", the Xinhua news agency says, for first time.
All three people in the car had names from the Muslim Uighur minority in the restive western region of Xinjiang.
Two bystanders died and 38 people were injured after the vehicle crashed into a crowd and burst into flames.
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Tiananmen crash: China police 'detain suspects'
Police in China have detained five suspects in connection with Monday's deadly car crash at Beijing's Tiananmen Square, state media report.
Police have described the incident as a "violent terror attack", the Xinhua news agency says, for first time.
All three people in the car had names from the Muslim Uighur minority in the restive western region of Xinjiang.
Two bystanders died and 38 people were injured after the vehicle crashed into a crowd and burst into flames.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-24742810
