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18 terrorists killed as China busts camp

Outfit possibly linked to Al-Qaeda

URUMQI: Police have destroyed a terrorist camp in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region killing18 terrorists, a spokeswoman said on Monday.

One policeman was killed and another wounded in the gunbattle on Friday in the mountains of Pamirs plateau in south Xinjiang, she said.

The police captured 17 terrorists and are searching for many, she said.

They also seized 22 grenades and material for making 1,500 more.

The training camp was run by the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM), a group that the United Nations in 2002 labelled a terrorist organisation, she said.

It is believed that more than 1,000 ETIM members have been trained by Al-Qaeda.

The former head of the terrorist group, Hasan Mahsum, was shot dead by Pakistani troops on October 2, 2003 in a joint anti-terror operation along the border of Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Mahsum was accused of plotting a series of violent terrorist activities in recent years, including robbery and murder in Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang, and murders in the Xinjiang's Hotan region, which caused heavy loss of life and property. — Xinhua

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