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18 foreign terrorists arrested after China attack: official

Posted August 5, 2008 20:21:00
Updated August 5, 2008 20:20:00

An official in China's Xinjiang province says 18 foreign terrorists have been arrested after yesterday's attack that killed 16 people.

Two men threw grenades at a group of policemen and then attacked them with knifes in the Muslim populated north-west province.

Chinese officials said last week that Muslim separatists in the region posed the greatest security threat during the Beijing Olympics.

- AFP/Reuters

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