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Olympic hurdler Liu Xiang, left, and retired basketball player Yao Ming, who played for the Houston Rockets, gather in Shanghai as members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), China's top advisory body, March 2, 2014. CPPCC session opens on Monday in Beijing. [Photo/icpress.cn]
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Sportsmen comment on attack
Yao Ming, the retired basketball star, said the Kunming attack is an atrocity against innocent people. Liu Xiang, track and field star, condemned the attack as "an indignation to both human and gods".
Both Yao and Liu made the remarks in Beijing before the annual CPPCC session.