Chinese police captured 5 suspects over a “terrorist attack” in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. This is the first time authorities have admitted to such a strike taking place in the capital. Beijing police said on a verified social media account that 3 people in the sports utility vehicle which crashed in the symbolic heart of the Chinese state and burst into flames on Monday, all of whom died, were from the same family – one man, his wife and his mother. The car had a license plate identifying it as from the restive western region of Xinjiang, police said, and the names given for the trio sounded like ones used by the mostly Muslim Uighur ethnic minority. Another 5 people have been arrested in connection with the case, police said.
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