01 April 2008
China Alleges Tibet 'Suicide Squads'
(AP) Chinese Public Security Ministry spokesman Wu Heping said searches of monasteries had turned up 176 guns, 13,013 bullets, 19,000 sticks of dynamite, 7,725 pounds of unspecified explosives, two hand grenades, and 350 knives. He provided no details or evidence. "To our knowledge, the next plan of the Tibetan independence forces is to organise suicide squads to launch violent attacks", Wu said at a rare news conference. He used the term "gan si dui", a rare term directly translated as "dare-to-die corps". The official English version of his remarks released by the Public Security Ministry translated the term as "suicide squads".