9 Busted in China Syringe Attacks
Chinese authorities have arrested nine suspects in connection with the recent spate of syringe attacks in Urumqi, reports state media. Some 531 people had been stabbed with hypodermic needles in Urumqi, most but not all of whom were Han Chinese, according to police. The attacks had set off another round of protests in the restive Xinjiang region, where earlier this year Han and Uighur communities clashed in the worst ethnic unrest in decades.
The bizarre attacks have caused panic, but so far no one has been poisoned or seriously injured by the syringes. "The attacks are terror attacks," said an official, who said they're orchestrated to frighten residents and create further unrest. Police believe as many as 45 attackers have been involved.
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- News Source: The Hindu | 2 months agoSeven hundred journalists and law-makers in Hong Kong have carried out a protest march after three Hong Kong-based reporters were reportedly beaten by Chinese police in the Muslim majority region of Xinjiang. The protest, among the most high-profile...
- News Source: Leader Post Online | 2 months agoNo one has been infected, poisoned or otherwise harmed by the needle attacks that are terrorizing citizens in Urumqi, the capital of the troubled Xinjiang region. The official China Daily newspaper quoted Qian Jun, the director of China's Disease...
- News Source: The Goshen News | 2 months agoMystery needle attacks appeared to spread in China's far western region as authorities arrested nine new suspects in three cities, officials said Friday. The suspects were recently detained in the Xinjiang region cities of Hotan, Altay, and Kashgar...
- News Source: BBC | 2 months agoRumours had been rife that the needles contained radioactive substances, poison or even the HIV virus. Blood samples from 250 reported victims were examined in a Beijing lab, said state-run Xinhua news agency. The syringe attacks began in August, a...
- News Source: CNN | 2 months agoQian Jun, head of the academy's disease control and biological security office, told reporters on Sunday, according to China's Xinhua news agency. No illnesses or infections have been found in needle attack victims, Qian said, citing medical experts.
- News Source: Channel NewsAsia | 2 months agoAuthorities in western China's restive Xinjiang region have found nothing toxic in blood samples taken from victims of a wave of needle attacks, state press said Monday. No radioactive, poisonous or viral substances were detected in tests on 250...
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- Blog Source: www.washingtonexaminer.comSince last week, more than 500 people in Urumqi have reported attacks, though only about 100 showed evidence of being pricked. The bizarre stabbings led to mass demonstrations by tens thousands of Han Chinese earlier this month against what they said
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- Blog Source: blogs.reuters.comUrumqi was swept by talk of syringe attacks, which the government blamed on separatists, and gripped by a resurgence of racial hatred, two months after 197 people were killed during a riot by Uighurs. Terrified of the mysterious syringe ...
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I think these attacks that use needles are even more dangerous than fights with guns or knives. Used needles or unsanitized ones lead to long-term pain and many health problems that could derail a life and ruin a life forever.
In America, there have been cases where vengeful AIDs patients covertly place needles injected with AIDs behind gas nozzles or on movie theatre seats or the coin change place in phonebooths.
It is so devastating to think that people would want to inflict such pain upon other individuals. I hope that if police do not discover the gun wielders or knife holders that they at least find, arrest and punish these needle attackers. This is too low.....
In America, there have been cases where vengeful AIDs patients covertly place needles injected with AIDs behind gas nozzles or on movie theatre seats or the coin change place in phonebooths.
It is so devastating to think that people would want to inflict such pain upon other individuals. I hope that if police do not discover the gun wielders or knife holders that they at least find, arrest and punish these needle attackers. This is too low.....
I think these attacks that use needles are even more dangerous than fights with guns or knives. Used needles or unsanitized ones lead to long-term pain and many health problems that could derail a life and ruin a life forever.
In America, there have been cases where vengeful AIDs patients covertly place needles injected with AIDs behind gas nozzles or on movie theatre seats or the coin change place in phonebooths.
It is so devastating to think that people would want to inflict such pain upon other individuals. I hope that if police do not discover the gun wielders or knife holders that they at least find, arrest and punish these needle attackers. This is too low.....
In America, there have been cases where vengeful AIDs patients covertly place needles injected with AIDs behind gas nozzles or on movie theatre seats or the coin change place in phonebooths.
It is so devastating to think that people would want to inflict such pain upon other individuals. I hope that if police do not discover the gun wielders or knife holders that they at least find, arrest and punish these needle attackers. This is too low.....
yes this is very low ...such people should be caught and punished severely
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