Sixteen policemen died in the grenade attack launched by two men. The attack has raised some serious concerns about security during the Olympics, even though Kashgar is thousands of kilometers away from Beijing.
Initial speculation seems to center around the issue of a recent crackdown by the government, whereby many Uyghur people (who are Sunni Muslims) were arrested on suspicion of being involved in terrorist activities. The Telegraph reports:
The authorities in Beijing have repeatedly warned that terrorism is a major threat to the Games, and have staged a series of raids on Uighurs both in Xinjiang and elsewhere in the country to break up what they said were "terror cells".
If you ask me, Islamic terrorism seems to have caught up with China. The world is watching.
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