Thursday July 24, 8:31 PM
China cracks terror cell 'planning Games attack'
SHANGHAI (AFP) - Police in Shanghai have cracked a terrorist cell planning to attack an Olympic football venue in the Chinese financial hub, state media reported Thursday.
"We have obtained information that international terrorist organisations would likely launch an attack against an Olympic venue in the city during the Games," Xinhua news agency quoted the head of Shanghai's Olympic security office, Cheng Jiulong, as saying.
"We have staged raids and cracked a group of terrorists," he said.
The Xinhua report did not specify when the operation had taken place, or how many suspects had been detained.
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