Series of knife and bomb attacks in Xinjiang, China
2011 Kashgar attacks
Part of Xinjiang conflict
Kashgar is in the northeast part of Kashgar Prefecture.
Location
Kashgar, Xinjiang, China
Date
July 30–31, 2011
Target
Civilians
Attack type
Vehicular, IED, knife attack
Weapons
Explosives, truck, guns, knives
Deaths
23 total (including 8 attackers)
Injured
42 total (including 3 police officers)[1]
Perpetrators
East Turkestan Islamic Movement
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Xinjiang conflict
1930–1989
Xinjiang Wars
Kazakh exodus
Yi–Ta incident
1989–2006
Ürümqi (1989)
Barin (1990)
Ürümqi (1992)
Gulja (1997)
Ürümqi (1997)
2007–present
Akto County raid (2007)
Qaraqash County unrest (2008)
Kashgar (2008)
Shaoguan Incident (2009)
Ürümqi (2009)
Xinjiang (2009)
Aksu (2010)
Hotan (2011)
Kashgar (2011)
Pishan (2011)
Yecheng (2012)
Tianjin Airlines Flight 7554
Korla (2013)
Bachu (2013)
Shanshan (2013)
Tiananmen (2013)
Xinhe (2014)
Kunming (2014)
China–Vietnam border (2014)
Ürümqi south railway station (2014)
Ürümqi market (2014)
Yarkant (2014)
Juma Tayir assassination (2014)
Luntai (2014)
Bangkok (2015)
Aksu (2015)
Chinese Embassy in Bishkek (2016)
The 2011 Kashgar attacks were a series of knife and bomb attacks in Kashgar, Xinjiang, China on July 30 and 31, 2011. On July 30, two Uyghur men hijacked a truck, killed its driver, and drove into a crowd of pedestrians. They got out of the truck and stabbed six people to death and injured 27 others. One of the attackers was killed by the crowd; the other was brought into custody. On July 31, a chain of two explosions started a fire at a downtown restaurant. A group of armed Uyghur men killed two people inside of the restaurant and four people outside, injuring 15 other people. Police shot five suspects dead, detained four, and killed two others who initially escaped arrest.
The government says the attackers confessed to jihadist motives and membership in the terrorist group East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM), while an overseas pro-Uyghur independence group claims the attackers were frustrated by a lack of options for nonviolent anti-government protest. Businesses temporarily closed down and riot police patrolled the city until August 4. ETIM acknowledged responsibility for the attack on September 8, as well as for the attack in Hotan earlier that same July. Six men were given prison or death sentences for their involvement in both attacks later in September.
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