China has executed eight people in the frontier region of Xinjiang for what it said were “terrorist” acts, including masterminding last year’s suicide car attack on Tiananmen Square.
The official Xinhua news agency said yesterday that the executions had been approved by the top court in Xinjiang, an area on the far western border that is home to Muslim Uighurs and other ethnic minorities. The report did not say when the executions had been carried out.
The sentences highlight Beijing’s determination to take a tough line on separatists in the province.
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