Chinese authorities -Safe Olympics

Days before the Olympic Games open in Beijing, the Chinese authorities said they are confident that athletes and spectators will be safe.



This assurance comes after an attack, which killed 16 policemen in the restive Muslim region of Xinjiang.



A spokesman for the Beijing Games Organising Committee said preparations had been made to meet every conceivable threat at Games\' venues.



Chinese media have blamed separatist Muslim militants for the attack.



In Monday\'s attack, two men reportedly drove up to a border post in a rubbish truck and threw two grenades, before moving in to attack the policemen with knives.