1997 Ürümqi bus bombings

1997 Ürümqi bus bombings
Location of Ürümqi in Xinjiang, China
Location	Ürümqi, Xinjiang, China
Date	February 25, 1997 (1997-02-25)
Attack type	Bus bombing
Deaths	9 (including 3 children)
Non-fatal injuries	74
Perpetrators	Uyghur islamists

Xinjiang conflict

On February 25, 1997, three bombs exploded on three buses (line 10, line 44, and line 2) in Ürümqi, Xinjiang, China. Nine people were killed, including at least three children, and a further 74 were injured. Another bomb in the south railway station (the main station in Ürümqi) failed to explode. Steel balls, screws, and nails were found in the bombs.

Uyghur Islamists had committed the bombings. Responsibility for the attacks was claimed and acknowledged by factions of certain diaspora Uyghurs.^[1]^[2]

Background

Continuing tensions in Xinjiang have been a source of terrorism in China. Conflicts over Uyghur cultural aspirations resurfaced during the 1960s. In early February 1997 the execution of 30 suspected separatists^[3] who had been involved in the organisation of Meshrep^[4] during Ramadan resulted in large demonstrations, which culminated in the Gulja incident on 5 February, in which at least nine protesters were killed.^[5]

External reference

References

↑ Lecturer in Modern Chinese History in the Department of East Asian Studies Michael Dillon; Michael Dillon (23 October 2003). Xinjiang: China's Muslim Far Northwest. Routledge. pp. 99–. ISBN 978-1-134-36096-3.
↑ James A. Millward (2007). Eurasian Crossroads: A History of Xinjiang. Columbia University Press. pp. 333–. ISBN 978-0-231-13924-3.
↑ 1997 Channel 4 (UK) news report on the incident which can be seen here
↑ Amnesty International Document - "China: Remember the Gulja massacre? China's crackdown on peaceful protesters", Web Action WA 003/07 AI Index: ASA 17/002/2007, Start date: 01/02/2007 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-09-14. Retrieved 2013-05-05.
↑ "China Uighurs executed", BBC News, 27 January 1998

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