Separatists 'planning suicide hits'

Tibetan separatists may use suicide attacks to escalate violence after the recent riots in Lhasa, public security officials warned yesterday.

"To our knowledge, the next plan of the Tibetan 'independence' forces is to organize suicide squads for launching violent attacks," Ministry of Public Security spokesman Wu Heping told a press conference in Beijing.

"They claim that they fear neither bloodshed nor sacrifice."