Uighur group scorns Tiananmen ‘terrorist’ claim

BEIJING: A Uighur group dismissed Beijing’s account of a “terrorist attack” in Tiananmen Square as a dubious pretext to repress the ethnic minority on Thursday, even as state-run media hinted at potential repercussions.

Beijing police said on Wednesday that Usmen Hasan—in an SUV carrying his mother and wife, jihadist banners and machetes—sped onto the pavement, crashed in Tiananmen Square and set the car alight.