Two sentenced to death in China for pre-Games attack

A CHINESE court yesterday sentenced two people to death for what it said was an attempt to sabotage the Beijing Olympics with an attack in the far-west region of Xinjiang that killed 17 police four days before the Games.

Two sentenced to death in China for pre-Games attack

The Xinhua News Agency said the sentences were handed down by the Kashgar Intermediate People’s Court.

The August 4 attack took place in the ancient Silk Road city of Kashgar near the border with Afghanistan and Pakistan.

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