Two members of a terrorist gang were killed and 15 others were arrested during a raid last month by police in Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, the Beijing-based Global Times reported yesterday.
It is the largest terrorist group to be broken by police for over a year, the paper said.
Five policemen were injured during the raid on Jan 27 when three homemade grenades were thrown at them, the newspaper reported. The terrorists had been undertaking training exercises and assembling explosives at a rented house in the city.
Guns, homemade explosives and training materials were discovered in the house following the raid.
Police said they also found evidence linking the gang to terrorist groups abroad.
The newspaper reported that the arrested members have all pleaded guilty to the charges,.
The raid was the latest in a series of efforts by the local government to crack down on violent activities by Uygur separatists who have carried out several terrorist acts since the 1990s.
In January last year, police killed 18 terrorists in a gun battle in Xinjiang. One officer was killed and another wounded in the raid in the mountains of the Pamirs plateau in the southern region.
Questions:
1.How many members were involved in the terrorist group?
2. What were thrown at the police when they tried to arrest the terrorists?
3. What was discovered in the house following the police raid?
Answers:
1.17.
2.Grenades.
3.Guns, homemade explosives and training materials.
（英语点津 Celene 编辑）
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Brendan joined The China Daily in 2007 as a language polisher in the Language Tips Department, where he writes a regular column for Chinese English Language learners, reads audio news for listeners and anchors the weekly video news in addition to assisting with on location stories. Elsewhere he writes Op’Ed pieces with a China focus that feature in the Daily’s Website opinion section.
He received his B.A. and Post Grad Dip from Curtin University in 1997 and his Masters in Community Development and Management from Charles Darwin University in 2003. He has taught in Japan, England, Australia and most recently China. His articles have featured in the Bangkok Post, The Taipei Times, The Asia News Network and in-flight magazines.
