BEIJING: China tightened security in its capital yesterday, strengthening police patrols and restricting bulk purchases of petrol, state media reported, in the wake of a string of violent attacks by militants.
Beijing police sent out 150 armed patrol vehicles into the city yesterday, the official Xinhua news agency reported, “countering street terrorism and fighting severe violence”.
China has grown increasingly nervous about domestic unrest and Islamist militants since a car burst into flames on the edge of Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in October.
1 dead, 10 hurt in rebel attacks
BANGKOK: Suspected Muslim separatists in southern Thailand launched a wave of more than 30 attacks yesterday including shootings, bombings and arson, police said, killing one person and injuring more than 10.
Thailand is predominantly Buddhist but parts of the south, in particular the three southernmost provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat, are majority Muslim and decades-old resistance to central government rule resurfaced violently in 2004. Paradorn Pattanathabutr, a security adviser to the prime minister, said the targets included a shopping mall, and electricity pylons. Agencies
