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Chinese Police With Weapons Reportedly Lock Down Tourists in Airport

Chinese Police With Weapons Reportedly Lock Down Tourists in Airport
Police in full personal protective gear holding guns in Xishuangbanna airport, China's southwestern Yunnan Province on Oct. 4, 2022. Screenshot via The Epoch Times
Sophia Lam
Sophia Lam
10/6/2022|Updated: 10/7/2022
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Footage of Chinese police holding weapons at the airport of Xishuangbanna (Banna) prefecture to stop tourists from boarding their planes has gone viral in China and overseas.

Tourists were trapped in the airport after the local authorities of Banna suddenly locked down the city of Jinghong on Oct. 4. They chanted “We want to go home!”

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