Danger has many faces, official says

Terrorism is not the only threat to the Beijing Olympics, a top security official said yesterday.

"Apart from possible terrorist attacks, other crimes are also security threats," Meng Hongwei, vice-minister of public security, said during a group interview at a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization's (SCO) Regional Anti-terrorism Structure (RATS) in Beijing.

His comments came a day after a man in Hunan province set fire to two gas cylinders that exploded and injured 12 people. On Tuesday, a man stabbed six policemen to death and wounded four others at a police station in Shanghai's Zhabei district.