Another four suspects allegedly committing syringe attacks in Urumqi were prosecuted Monday for spreading false dangerous substances, local authorities said Tuesday.

With the help of three accomplices, Abdurusul Abdukdale stabbed a woman surnamed Li in the neck with a syringe at about 10:30 AM on September 3 in an underground passage in Urumqi, said the People's Procuratorate of Urumqi, capital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

The four suspects were caught at the scene. The Urumqi procuratorate approved the arrest of the four Monday.

Previously, another four suspects were prosecuted for endangering public security.

(Xinhua News Agency September 9, 2009)