Beijing cops admit Tiananmen Square attack for first time


People stand in line as they visit Tiananmen square in Beijing on October 30, 2013. Police in Beijing are searching for eight suspects from China's restive Xinjiang region after a fatal car crash in Tiananmen Square, hotel staff said on October 30, as a minority rights group expressed fears of a crackdown. AFP PHOTO / WANG ZHAO

BEIJING: Police have captured five suspects over a “terrorist attack” in Tiananmen Square, the first time the authorities have admitted to such a strike taking place in the capital.

Beijing police said on a verified social media account yesterday that three people in the sports utility vehicle which crashed in the symbolic heart of the Chinese state and burst into flames on Monday, all of whom died, were from the same family – one man, his wife and his mother.

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