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11/22/2024 12:00:40 am

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China Issues Security Advisory to its Citizens in Kyrgyzstan after Chinese Embassy Blast

Suicide Bomb Attack on Chinese embassy in Kyrgyzstan.

(Photo : Getty Images.) China on Wednesday issued a security advisory to its citizens in Kyrgyzstan after a suicide bomber attacked the Chinese embassy in Kyrgyzstan.

China on Wednesday issued a security advisory to its citizens in Kyrgyzstan after a suicide bomber attacked the Chinese embassy in Kyrgyzstan's capital city Bishkek on Tuesday.

"(We) remind Chinese citizens and organizations in Kyrgyzstan to be on high alert, increase necessary security measures and response preparations, go out as little as possible and not go to crowded places," China's foreign ministry said on its official website.     

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told said on Wednesday that Kyrgyzstan's  government must investigate Tuesday's attack thoroughly, Reuters said. Hua Chunying added that China would work with Kyrgyzstan to swiftly arrest the perpetrators of the attack.

On Tuesday a suicide bomber's vehicle crashed through the gates of the Chinese embassy and exploded in the center of the compound. The attack left at least three people dead and several people injured. All the victims in the bomb blast were Kyrgyz nationals, Kyrgyzstan Deputy PM Zhenish Razakov said.  

Although no terrorist organization has taken official responsibility for Tuesday's attack, the blame is most likely going to fall on the Turkic-speaking Uighur Muslim ethnic community. The community is engaged in a low-intensity insurgency war against China in Xinjiang region, demanding complete independence from China's communist regime.

In 2014, Kyrgyz border security guards killed 11 people believed to be Uighur militants from China for illegally crossing the China- Kyrgyz border.

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