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中国の北京市内にある天安門広場で10月28日、自動車が歩行者に突っ込んだ後に炎上して5人が死亡、多数の負傷者が出た事件で、警察当局は新疆ウイグル自治区出身の2人を容疑者と特定した。ロイターが報じている。
現地の４つのホテルがロイターに明らかにしたところでは、当局は２８日夜、新疆ウイグル自治区出身のウイグル族とみられる容疑者２人の名前を挙げたうえで捜査協力を求める通知を出し、１０月１日以降の宿泊客に不審な人物がいなかったかどうかホテルに聞き込みを行っている。
（ロイター「天安門の車炎上、ウイグル自治区出身者を容疑者と特定」2013/10/29日 14:19 ）
新疆ウイグル自治区では、ウイグル族の間で独立運動が活発化している。今年6月にはトルファン地区ピチャン県で暴動が発生し、35人の死者が出ている。香港の人権団体「中国人権民主化運動情報センター」は10月29日、今回の自動車炎上事件は「自爆テロ」であり、自治区での取り締まり強化に対するウイグル族の不満が背景にあるとの見方を示した。時事ドットコムでは以下のように伝えている。
同センターによると、天安門に突っ込んだ車に乗り、死亡した３人のうち１人は、親族がピチャン県での衝突事件で治安当局に射殺されていた。同県では２９日、数百人に上る公安当局者や武装警察が道路を封鎖したほか、同自治区で独立運動が活発なホータンやカシュガルでも警備が強化されたという。
（時事ドットコム「背景にウイグル族の不満＝天安門突入事件－人権団体」2013/10/29 13:09）
今回の炎上事件が起きた現場は、中国の「建国の父」である毛沢東の巨大な肖像画が掲げられた場所の正面。少数民族が「自爆テロ」で、共産党・政府の象徴である天安門に故意に突っ込んだ可能性が強くなってきている。
車炎上事件直後の天安門広場
Car Crash Leaves Three Dead In Tiananmen Square(01 of14)
BEIJING, CHINA - OCTOBER 28: Police officers fence off the scene of a car accident in front of Tiananmen Gate at Tiananmen Square on October 28, 2013 in Beijing, China. Reports by Chinese state media have stated that three people died and eleven others, including police officers, were injured in the incident in which a car crashed into a guardrail of Jinshui Bridge, before bursting into flames. The cause of the accident is unknown at this stage. (Photo by Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Car Crash Leaves Three Dead In Tiananmen Square(02 of14)
BEIJING, CHINA - OCTOBER 28: Police officers fence off the scene of a car accident in front of Tiananmen Gate at Tiananmen Square on October 28, 2013 in Beijing, China. Reports by Chinese state media have stated that three people died and eleven others, including police officers, were injured in the incident in which a car crashed into a guardrail of Jinshui Bridge, before bursting into flames. The cause of the accident is unknown at this stage. (Photo by Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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BEIJING, CHINA - OCTOBER 28: Police officers seal off the Tiananmen area on October 28, 2013 in Beijing, China. Reports by Chinese state media have stated that three people died and eleven others, including police officers, were injured in the incident in which a car crashed into a guardrail of Jinshui Bridge, before bursting into flames. The cause of the accident is unknown at this stage. (Photo by Getty Images/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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BEIJING, CHINA - OCTOBER 28: Police officers seal off the Tiananmen area on October 28, 2013 in Beijing, China. Reports by Chinese state media have stated that three people died and eleven others, including police officers, were injured in the incident in which a car crashed into a guardrail of Jinshui Bridge, before bursting into flames. The cause of the accident is unknown at this stage. (Photo by Getty Images/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Car Crash Leaves Three Dead In Tiananmen Square(05 of14)
BEIJING, CHINA - OCTOBER 28: Police officers fence off the scene of a car accident (Right) in front of Tiananmen Gate at Tiananmen Square on October 28, 2013 in Beijing, China. Reports by Chinese state media have stated that three people died and eleven others, including police officers, were injured in the incident in which a car crashed into a guardrail of Jinshui Bridge, before bursting into flames. The cause of the accident is unknown at this stage. (Photo by Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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BEIJING, CHINA - OCTOBER 28: Police officers fence off the scene of a car accident in front of Tiananmen Gate at Tiananmen Square on October 28, 2013 in Beijing, China. Reports by Chinese state media have stated that three people died and eleven others, including police officers, were injured in the incident in which a car crashed into a guardrail of Jinshui Bridge, before bursting into flames. The cause of the accident is unknown at this stage. (Photo by Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Car Crash Leaves Three Dead In Tiananmen Square(07 of14)
BEIJING, CHINA - OCTOBER 28: Police officers fence off the scene of a car accident in front of Tiananmen Gate at Tiananmen Square on October 28, 2013 in Beijing, China. Reports by Chinese state media have stated that three people died and eleven others, including police officers, were injured in the incident in which a car crashed into a guardrail of Jinshui Bridge, before bursting into flames. The cause of the accident is unknown at this stage. (Photo by Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Car Crash Leaves Three Dead In Tiananmen Square(08 of14)
BEIJING, CHINA - OCTOBER 28: Police officers seal off the Tiananmen area on October 28, 2013 in Beijing, China. Reports by Chinese state media have stated that three people died and eleven others, including police officers, were injured in the incident in which a car crashed into a guardrail of Jinshui Bridge, before bursting into flames. The cause of the accident is unknown at this stage. (Photo by Getty Images/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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BEIJING, CHINA - OCTOBER 28: Police officers seal off the Tiananmen area on October 28, 2013 in Beijing, China. Reports by Chinese state media have stated that three people died and eleven others, including police officers, were injured in the incident in which a car crashed into a guardrail of Jinshui Bridge, before bursting into flames. The cause of the accident is unknown at this stage. (Photo by Getty Images/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Car Crash Leaves Three Dead In Tiananmen Square(10 of14)
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BEIJING, CHINA - OCTOBER 28: Police officers seal off the Tiananmen area on October 28, 2013 in Beijing, China. Reports by Chinese state media have stated that three people died and eleven others, including police officers, were injured in the incident in which a car crashed into a guardrail of Jinshui Bridge, before bursting into flames. The cause of the accident is unknown at this stage. (Photo by Getty Images/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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BEIJING, CHINA - OCTOBER 28: Police officers seal off the Tiananmen area on October 28, 2013 in Beijing, China. Reports by Chinese state media have stated that three people died and eleven others, including police officers, were injured in the incident in which a car crashed into a guardrail of Jinshui Bridge, before bursting into flames. The cause of the accident is unknown at this stage. (Photo by Getty Images/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Car Crash Leaves Three Dead In Tiananmen Square(13 of14)
BEIJING, CHINA - OCTOBER 28: Police officers block the sidewalk toward Tiananmen Square at the Nanchizi crossroad on October 28, 2013 in Beijing, China. Reports by Chinese state media have stated that three people died and eleven others, including police officers, were injured in the incident in which a car crashed into a guardrail of Jinshui Bridge, before bursting into flames. The cause of the accident is unknown at this stage. (Photo by Getty Images/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Car Crash Leaves Three Dead In Tiananmen Square(14 of14)
BEIJING, CHINA - OCTOBER 28: Police officers block the sidewalk toward Tiananmen Square at the Nanchizi crossroad on October 28, 2013 in Beijing, China. Reports by Chinese state media have stated that three people died and eleven others, including police officers, were injured in the incident in which a car crashed into a guardrail of Jinshui Bridge, before bursting into flames. The cause of the accident is unknown at this stage. (Photo by Getty Images/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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(01 of17)
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(02 of17)
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(03 of17)
Traffic moves along a street as pedestrians walk on an overpass shrouded in haze in Beijing, China, on Friday, March 15, 2013. China\'s new premier promised to crack down on corruption and clean up pollution, acknowledging the need to tackle two issues that have stoked public anger toward the country\'s leaders. (credit:Tomohiro Ohsumi / Bloomberg / Getty Images)
(04 of17)
Haze surrounds the International Commerce Centre (ICC) in the West Kowloon district of Hong Kong, China, on Monday, April 15, 2013. Hong Kong\'s air pollution index reached the \"severe\" level for the third time this year, triggering a government warning, as the lack of air flow trapped pollutants in the city. (credit:Jerome Favre / Bloomberg / Getty Images)
(05 of17)
Diesel fumes come out of a tug boat chimney as skyscrapers stand in the Wanchai district of Hong Kong, China, on Monday, April 15, 2013. Hong Kong\'s air pollution index reached the \"severe\" level for the third time this year, triggering a government warning, as the lack of air flow trapped pollutants in the city. (credit:Jerome Favre / Bloomberg / Getty Images)
(06 of17)
A man wears a mask as he walks down a street in Beijing, China, on Friday, March 15, 2013. China\'s new premier promised to crack down on corruption and clean up pollution, acknowledging the need to tackle two issues that have stoked public anger toward the country\'s leaders. (credit:Tomohiro Ohsumi / Bloomberg / Getty Images)
(07 of17)
Traffic moves along a street shrouded in haze in Beijing, China, on Friday, March 15, 2013. China\'s new premier promised to crack down on corruption and clean up pollution, acknowledging the need to tackle two issues that have stoked public anger toward the country\'s leaders. (credit:Tomohiro Ohsumi / Bloomberg / Getty Images)
(08 of17)
A woman wears a mask as she walks on a street in Beijing, China, on Friday, March 15, 2013. China\'s new premier promised to crack down on corruption and clean up pollution, acknowledging the need to tackle two issues that have stoked public anger toward the country\'s leaders. (credit:Tomohiro Ohsumi / Bloomberg / Getty Images)
(09 of17)
This picture taken on January 29, 2013 shows a general view of buildings in the heavy smog in Jilin, northeast China\'s Jilin province. Beijing urged residents to stay indoors on January 30 as emergency measures were rolled out aimed at countering a heavy cloud of smog blanketing the Chinese capital and swathes of the country. (STR/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
(10 of17)
Chinese tourists look at the view from the historic Jingshan Park as smog continues to shroud Beijing on January 31, 2013. (MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
(11 of17)
Two Chinese policemen guard in front of two LED screens on the Tiananmen Square during severe pollution on January 31, 2013 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A general view shows the Guotai Chambers building from the historic Jingshan Park as smog continues to shroud Beijing on January 31, 2013. (MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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A Chinese tourist takes photos from the historic Jingshan Park as smog continues to shroud Beijing on January 31, 2013. (MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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