There’s nothing new about the use of hypodermic needles to threaten and rob people. It happens all over the world. What is unusual is for an entire city like Urumqi to be gripped by fear, with hundreds of people claiming to have been stabbed, and... ...full story at Black & White Cat
from Black & White Cat on Mon, Sep 14 2009
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China: the 2002 needle attacks in Tianjin and Beijing » Global Voices Rob from Black and white cat pointed out that the use of hypodermic needles to threaten and rob people is not a new phenomena in China and rest of the world. The blogger reminded readers of two needle attack cases back in 2002 in Tianjin and Beijing, of... |
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Urumqi still attractive to foreigners » People's Daily "Urumqi is an interesting place. I like it very much," said Mckay Barrow, an American teaching English in a city with the jitters in the wake of more than 500 hypodermic needle attacks. "People of different ethnic groups and countries live here... |
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Victims of syringe attacks in Urumqi rise to 531 » People's Daily Hospitals in Urumqi are treating 531 victims of hypodermic needle attacks, the local police authorities said Friday. Statistics from the city's 24 hospitals say 106 of the 531 were showing obvious signs of needle attacks. The victims include... |
| 04 Sep 09 |
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Fewer attend prayers in Urumqi mosques » People's Daily Fewer people attended Friday prayers in Urumqi mosques in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region amid hypodermic needle attacks scare and protests demanding security guarantees, said a local official. At 4 p.m., about 52,000 people had... |
| 03 Sep 09 |
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Crowds demand security guarantees in Urumqi after hypodermic syringe attacks » People's Daily Crowds gathered at a number of sites in Urumqi Thursday morning demanding security guarantees from authorities following hypodermic syringe attacks in the capital city of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. At 10:50 a.m. Thursday, more than 1,000 people... |
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