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| Chinese airline passengers 'help foil hijack attempt' in Xinjiang |
| 2012-06-30 |
| Airline passengers helped foil an attempt to hijack a plane in the western region of Xinjiang, according to Chinese state media. Passengers and aircrew subdued six people who tried to take over a flight 10 minutes after it took off from the remote desert city of Hotan, a heavily ethnic Uighur area that has been hit by recent bouts of violence, Xinhua news agency said. The Tianjin Airlines plane was flying to the regional capital, Urumqi, on Friday when the attackers were overpowered, Xinhua quoted police sources as saying.The aircraft then returned to Hotan where six people were taken into custody. Two guards on board the plane were seriously injured during the incident, while the senior flight attendant and seven passengers were slightly injured, the agency added. Xinjiang is home to the mainly Muslim Uighur people who speak a Turkic language, and there is discontent among many at Chinese government controls on their culture and religion. In March 2008, Chinese officials said they had foiled a plan by an ethnic Uighur woman to bring down a flight from Xinjiang. The government, wary of instability and the threat to the Communist party's grip on power, often blames what it calls violent separatist groups and religious extremists in Xinjiang for attacks on police and other government targets. In September, courts in Xinjiang sentenced four people to death for violence in two cities last year in which 32 people were killed. The government blamed the incidents in Kashgar and Hotan – both in the majority Uighur southern part of Xinjiang – on Muslim hardliners who want to establish an independent state, East Turkestan. In January, authorities said seven people killed by police in Xinjiang had been trying to leave the country to wage "holy war". China is also concerned about Uighur activists linking up with Islamist militants over the border in Pakistan. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #4 Surprisingly, the hijackers are Uighurs. They've been arrested. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2012-06-30 22:53 |
| #3 More likely Assad pulled limb from limb : Allan Snackbar! |
| Posted by: gorb 2012-06-30 22:16 |
| #2 Have Iran Delegation & Egyptian Delegation Morsi Along With Iranian Clerics Alongside Of Meeting In : EUROPE ! ALLAH O AKBAR ! |
| Posted by: Ulinenter the Slender3002 2012-06-30 18:46 |
| #1 Have The Arab League And The Prime Minister Of Qatar With Jabril Run Syria And The Islamic Brotherhood And The Islamic Jihad With Hamas And UN Observers With The Red Crescent Society And The International Red Cross Together Have Assad Live With Rightful Gains And Rightful Means The Monies And Properties Secured With Gweneral Amnesty For : ALL : Arabiya : Syria : For Palestine Statehood ! ALLAH O AKBAR !!! |
| Posted by: Flemp Grundy7896 2012-06-30 18:36 |