London Guardian
October 29, 2013
Police investigating Monday’s car crash at Beijing’s Forbidden City
are searching for information on two suspects from the Muslim Uighur
minority. A day after a car ploughed through a crowd, crashed and burst
into flames, killing five people and injuring 38, government sources
have said the “major incident” may have been a suicide attack.
“It looks like a premeditated suicide attack,” a government source told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Two bystanders, including a Filipino woman, were killed when a sport
utility vehicle veered inside a barrier separating a crowded pavement
from a busy avenue and then drove toward Tiananmen Gate, which stands
opposite Tiananmen Square. Three passengers inside the car were also
killed.
The 38 injured were among the crowds in front of the gate, where a
large portrait of Mao Zedong hangs near the southern entrance to the
former imperial palace. Three other Filipinos and a Japanese man were
among the injured, police said, but there were no immediate details on
their conditions.
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