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03-21-2008, 09:50 AM
BEIJING (AP) -- A failed attempt to crash a commercial jet in China was an act of sabotage by foreigners seeking independence for the country's Xinjiang province in Central Asia, the region's top politician said in comments published Thursday.
A male suspect confessed to masterminding the plot to crash the China Southern flight on March 7, the Xinhua News Agency reported, citing Xinjiang's Communist Party Secretary Wang Lequan.
The failed plot was part of a terror campaign to turn Xinjiang into an independent nation called East Turkestan, the news agency reported.
"According to the investigation, it is now clear that this is a serious sabotage activity carried out by East Turkestan splittists outside of China," Wang said in comments published separately on a provincial government news Web site.
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A male suspect confessed to masterminding the plot to crash the China Southern flight on March 7, the Xinhua News Agency reported, citing Xinjiang's Communist Party Secretary Wang Lequan.
The failed plot was part of a terror campaign to turn Xinjiang into an independent nation called East Turkestan, the news agency reported.
"According to the investigation, it is now clear that this is a serious sabotage activity carried out by East Turkestan splittists outside of China," Wang said in comments published separately on a provincial government news Web site.
more... (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_TERROR?SITE=WIJAN&SECTION=EUROPE&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT)