- Title: Security tight on anniversary of China's Tiananmen bloody crackdown
- Date: 4th June 2017
- Summary: BEIJING, CHINA (JUNE 4, 2017) (REUTERS) CARS DRIVING PAST TIANANMEN SQUARE PEOPLE ON TIANANMEN SQUARE POLICE CAR DRIVING PAST TIANANMEN SQUARE VARIOUS OF SECURITY PERSONNEL ON SQUARE TIANANMEN SQUARE FLAG ON SQUARE VARIOUS OF PORTRAIT OF MAO ZEDONG, FOUNDER OF MODERN CHINA, ON TIANANMEN SQUARE
- Embargoed: 18th June 2017 04:06
- Keywords: Beijing security anniversary massacre Tiananmen Square China
- Location: BEIJING, CHINA
- City: BEIJING, CHINA
- Country: China
- Topics: Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA0016JV39Z9
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: REFER TO EDIT 5255-CHINA-TIANANMEN/FILE SENT ON JUNE 2, FOR FILE MATERIAL
Beijing tightened security around Tiananmen Square on Sunday (June 4), the 28th anniversary of the 1989 crackdown on student-lead protests, for which the official death toll is still unknown.
Paramilitary police and police vehicles were seen parked around the square.
The government is still in tight censorship and firm grip on the education system, and has never released a death toll of the crackdown, but estimates from human rights groups and witnesses range from several hundred to several thousand. More than one million people had flooded into central Beijing, keen to vent their anger against corruption, economic mismanagement, nepotism and poor career prospects for students.
On June 4, 1989, after weeks of protests in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, troops backed by tanks crushed the demonstrations, prompting global condemnation. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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