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China releases wanted list for Olympics 'terrorists'
China on Tuesday released a wanted list of eight "terrorists" it said had carried out attacks aimed at the Beijing Olympics.
- Agencies
- Published: 08:26 October 21, 2008
Beijing: China on Tuesday released a wanted list of eight "terrorists" it said had carried out attacks aimed at the Beijing Olympics.
It said the eight were all Chinese nationals and members of the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM), a group listed by the United Nations as a terrorist organisation/
Wu Heping, a spokesman with the Ministry of Public Security, said the eight were involved in "planning, deployment and execution of all kinds of violent terrorist activities targeting the Beijing Olympics."
Wu said they had carried attacks on targets in China and overseas, but provided no details.
A statement handed out by police named Memetiming Memeti, 37, as the head of the ETIM.
The other suspects—Emeti Yakuf, Memetituersun Yiming, Memetituersun Abuduhalike, Xiamisidingaihemaiti Abudumijiti, Aikemilai Wumaierjiang, Yakuf Memeti and Tuersun Toheti—had variously been involved in planning attacks and leading terror cells.
Wu called for international cooperation to track them down. "If their whereabouts are discovered, that they be arrested and handed over to China," Wu said.
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