EIGHT terrorists have been executed in Xinjiang, including three men behind a deadly attack in the heart of Beijing in which an SUV plowed through a crowd, local authorities said Saturday.

    Their crimes involved five cases including the terrorist attack in Tian’anmen Square in Beijing, the gun-seizing and police-assaulting case in Aksu, the illegal manufacturing of explosives and intentional killing case in Kashgar, and the establishment of a terrorist organization, murder of government officials and incineration of checkpoint in Hotan.

    Huseyin Guxur, Yusup Wherniyas and Yusup Ehmet had been sentenced to death and deprived of political rights for life by the court for organizing and leading a terrorist organization and jeopardizing public security with dangerous means. They masterminded the terrorist attack in Tian’anmen Square of Beijing, which killed three and injured 39 on Oct. 28 in 2013.

    Rozi Eziz was convicted of gun seizing and intentional killing of police officers. He committed the crime June 28, 2013 in Wushi County of Aksu.

    Abdusalam Elim had organized a terrorist gang with himself as head since May 2011. The court found that Abdusalam Elim and others watched religious extremist audio-visual materials and conducted illegal religious activities. They raised funds for members to conduct physical training and manufacturing, storage and transportation of explosives devices.

    The court found that Memet Tohtiyusup had watched visual materials on religious extremism, violence and terror since February 2013. He killed an innocent civilian April 18, 2013.

    Abdumomin Imin had organized terrorist training since March 2008 and became a ring leader. He had led Bilal Berdi and other members to burn two checkpoints and two police vehicles in 2011 and murdered an officer with the forestry bureau of Hotan on Dec. 13, 2013. (Xinhua)