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Article: 4th Ld-Writethru: 2 terrorist groups nabbed in China's Xinjiang
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- April 10, 2008
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4th Ld-Writethru: 2 terrorist groups nabbed in China's Xinjiang
BEIJING, April 10 (Xinhua) -- China has cracked two terrorist
groups in the northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the
Ministry of Public Security said here Thursday.
The terrorists, who numbered 45 in all, had attempted to sabotage
the Beijing Olympic Games, ministry spokesman Wu Heping told a press
conference.
In the first case, police in Xinjiang netted a 10-member
terrorist group led by Aji Muhammat, between Jan. 4 and Jan. 11, Wu
said.
During the raid, police seized 18 explosive devices, an
additional 4 kg of explosives, seven detonators, 100 kg of raw
material for making explosives and "a mass of text ...