“… the Beijing Police also issued a medium-level security alert for the Chinese capital and heavily armed police began patrols across the city”.
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The US Embassy issued a notice on its website on Thursday, warning people about possible threats against westerners in this area on or around Christmas Day.
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News agency reports indicate an increased police presence in Sanlitun, a popular shopping area that is also home to some embassies.
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There were some Chinese paramilitary police officers on guard with rifles and barricades in place on the streets leading to bars and embassies in Sanlitun and other parts of Beijing.
“US citizens are urged to exercise heightened vigilance”. According to Beijing’s security regulations, the alert is the lowest on a three-tier security warning scale for large stores or shopping and entertainment areas and is issued in case of receiving threats or finding suspected explosives.
The British Embassy in Beijing, the capital of China, has received information of possible violence in the Sanlitun area on or around Christmas Day.
Yang Shu, a counter-terror expert at Lanzhou University in northwest China, told the Los Angeles Times that the high profile nature of the threat and its focus on Western nationals may be a first for Beijing.
Police commonly issue a yellow alert during holiday periods.
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In August, a lone attacker fatally stabbed a Chinese woman there and injured a French man in the stabbing as well.
