Byline: Associated Press
Soldiers swept through Beijing today, shooting at enraged civilians, and there were reports of fighting between military units sent to quell the unarmed pro-democracy protests. The army, which killed hundreds of people in a crackdown on the protests over the weekend, reportedly shot and killed at least three civilians today.
One Chinese military source said soldiers fought each other around the Nanyuan military air base on the southern outskirts of the city today. He said the fighting was serious.
But residents living near the restricted base said they had seen a steady stream of planes landing and taking off but had not seen or heard fighting.
Artillery shelling also was heard in a far northwestern suburb.
Asked whether soldiers were fighting each other, one Western diplomat said: "It's more than that. There is solid evidence." He would not elaborate.
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