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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail Yahoo! Search Search: Sign InNew User? Sign Up News Home - Help Navigation Primary Navigation Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Secondary Navigation Australia China India Indonesia Japan Malaysia Philippines Thailand Vietnam Search Search: China executes two for pre-Olympics attack in Xinjiang Reuters - Friday, April 10 BEIJING - China executed two minority Uighurs in restive far-west Xinjiang on Thursday after a court convicted them over a deadly attack on police in the run-up to the Beijing Olympics. ADVERTISEMENT Abdurahman Azat, 34, and Kurbanjan Hemit, 29, were found guilty of a "terrorist attack on a frontier city's border police that left 17 dead", Xinhua news agency said. The attack came despite tightened security ahead of the Summer Games last August. Almost half of Xinjiang's 20 million people are Uighur, a largely Muslim group with a culture and language close to other Turkic parts of central Asia. Many Uighurs resent controls imposed by Beijing and an inflow of Han Chinese migrants. The attackers rammed a truck into dozens of police on a morning training run on August 4 in the oasis city of Kashgar, following up their attack with explosives, a home-made gun and knives, state-run media reported at the time. China had warned of unrest by groups seeking to exploit the world's attention on China in the run-up to the hugely successful Beijing Olympics, which in the end passed off without incident. The Kashgar court said the two men had "carried out the terrorist attack on August 4 to sabotage the Beijing Olympic Games", Xinhua reported. Their execution was "publicised" at a meeting of some 4,000 officials and residents in a local stadium. Dilxat Raxit, a spokesman for the Europe-based World Uyghur Congress, said Hemit had been badly beaten while in custody and was unable to walk during his trial. "There was no chance for their families to see them, and no lawyer at all," Raxit said, adding that the bodies of the executed men had not been returned to their families. "This shows the bitterness Uighurs live under in China." Chinese officials have said Uighur militants seeking an independent "East Turkestan" are among the biggest threats to the country's stability, a key issue ahead of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic on October 1. The Xinjiang regional governor, Nuer Baikeli, told reporters in Beijing last month that violence in Afghanistan and recent militant attacks in India and Pakistan showed his region had reason to fear militants. But human rights groups and Uighur independence activists say Beijing grossly exaggerates the threat to justify harsh controls. On Wednesday, China said two people had been sentenced to death over riots in Tibet's regional capital Lhasa last year. China's crackdown on the violence sparked protests that interrupted parts of the international leg of the Olympic torch relay. Email Story IM Story Printable View Blog This Recommend this article 0 users recommend Sign in to recommend this article » Most Recommended Stories » Related Articles: Asia Pacific President's party wins Indonesia vote: instituteAFP - Friday, April 10 Khmer Rouge court corruption issue unresolvedAP - Friday, April 10 China executes 2 for deadly attack on policeAP - Friday, April 10 Taiwan military to probe bribery claimsAFP - Friday, April 10 Indonesia president's party leads voteReuters - Friday, April 10 Most Popular – Asia Pacific Viewed Harry Potter actor arrested over cannabis find 'Dracula bandit' gets 20-yr jail sentence Study points to calorie-burning fat Journalists get shock with 'sexy' White House call Israeli Jews hold rare prayer to bless the sun View Complete List » Search: Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Copyright © 2009 Yahoo! Southeast Asia Pte Ltd. (Co. Reg. No. 199700735D). All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy - Terms of Service - Community - Intellectual Property Rights Policy - Help

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