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| Central Asia |
| Assassins of Chinese diplomat on their way to China to get a headache |
| 2002-08-10 |
| Two men suspected of killing a senior Chinese diplomat in Kyrgyzstan's capital Bishkek have been handed over to China. Both ethnic Uighurs, the two men are allegedly active members of an underground Uighur separatist organisation, the news agency reported. The Chinese diplomat and his driver were gunned down in the centre of Bishkek at the end of June, in an attack which local officials speculated may have involved Muslim separatists from China's Xinjiang region. Kyrgyz officials said in July that three ethnic Uighur Chinese nationals had been detained on suspicion of being linked to the shooting. But they also said at the time that the men would be not be handed over to the Chinese authorities, but tried in Bishkek. Guess they changed their minds. Tylenol doesn't help with the headaches those guys are gonna get... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |