AlHijjah 25, 1434, Oct 30, 2013, SPA -- Chinese police on Wednesday said an attack in which car ploughed into a crowd and burst into flames in central Beijing was an act of terrorism, according to dpa. A police spokesperson said the incident on Monday at Beijing's Tiananmen gate was a "planned, organized, premeditated, violent terrorist attack," the government's official Xinhua news agency reported. Police detained five suspects and recovered knives, petrol cans and a banner from the vehicle, the agency quoted the spokesperson as saying. The attack left five people dead and 38 injured, police said earlier. Three occupants of the car were among the dead, they said.
