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Victims of Tiananmen Gate car crash still being treated in hospital

Twelve still in intensive care after being mown down by jeep

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A policeman stands guard in a passageway connecting Tiananmen Square to the Forbidden City in Beijing. Photo: Reuters

Twelve of the 38 victims of Monday's apparent suicide car crash in front of Tiananmen Gate remained in intensive care in hospitals yesterday, while another five have undergone operations, official media said.

The other victims, including three Filipino tourists and a Japanese man, are still being treated in hospitals, the official Qianlong.com news portal reported.

Meanwhile, Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs spokesman Raul Hernandez told ABS-CBN TV in Manila that the Filipino who was killed on Monday was the mother of two daughters and had been vacationing in Beijing.

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He said the woman's husband and one of her daughters were in hospital with fractures, while the other daughter suffered only minor injuries, Associated Press reported.

Antonio Morales, an official with the Philippine embassy in Beijing, told the Post the woman who was killed was a doctor.

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A male tourist from Guangdong also died in the crash.

The Japanese man is an employee with a Shanghai-based company, according to a press official with the Japanese embassy in Beijing.

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