People walk along the sidewalk of Chang'an Avenue as smoke raises in front of the main entrance of the Forbidden City at Tiananmen Square in BeijingReuters
China has sentenced three people to death for their involvement in the suicide attack at Beijing's Tiananmen Square last October.
The Xinjiang court in western China also sentenced another attacker to life while four others were given prison terms for their roles in the "violent terrorist attack", said the state-run CCTV.
Five people were killed and 40 injured when a car ploughed into a group and burst into flames on the northern edge of Tiananmen Square. Two of the victims were bystanders and the others were occupants of the car.
The Chinese authorities accused Uighur Islamists of the attack.
Some of the convicts are said to be from the Muslim Uighur community, which according to China, is engaged in a conflict seeking to establish an independent region. The Uighurs say they are under intense pressure from mainland China.
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