2008 Kashgar attack

Terrorist attack in Kashgar 4 August 2008 Kashgar attack the Xinjiang conflict Xinjiang_Kashgar.svg Kashgar is located in the northeast part of Kashgar Prefecture. Near Kashgar, Xinjiang, China Policemen 4 August 2008 0800 (0000 GMT) Vehicular, IED and mass stabbing 16 16 Kurbanjan HemitAbdurahman Azat East Turkestan Islamic Movement (suspected) The 2008 Kashgar attack (2008年喀什袭击事件) occurred on the morning of 4 August 2008, in the city of Kashgar in the Western Chinese province of Xinjiang. According to Chinese government sources, it was a terrorist attack perpetrated by two men with suspected ties to the Uyghur separatist movement. The men reportedly drove a truck into a group of jogging police officers, and proceeded to attack them with grenades and machetes, resulting in the death of 16 officers.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7542167.stm China confident of safe Olympics 5 August 2008 5 August 2008 BBC News Background The region of Xinjiang in China has been subject to conflicts with a surge in terrorist incidents in the 1990s attributed to separatist militant groups, particularly the Eastern Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM), designated as a terrorist organisation by the United Nations.B. K. Potter Philip Terrorism in China: Growing Threats with Global Implications Strategic Studies Quarterly The attack was among others that preceded the Beijing 2008 Olympics, including bombings in Shanghai and Guangzhou, as well as an attempted suicide bombing on a plane in March.Davis Elizabeth Terrorism and the Beijing Olympics https://jamestown.org/program/terrorism-and-the-beijing-olympics-uyghur-discontent/ China Brief Activist groups including the Uyghur Human Rights Project alleges that China often exaggerates these threats to justify repression of the local Uyghur people.http://www.uhrp.org/articles/1201/1/Rebiya-Kadeer-expresses-her-wish-for-a-peaceful-Beijing-Olympics-and-urges-Beijing-to-cease-its-harsh-repression-of-Uyghurs-/index.html Uyghur Human Rights Project 18 July 2008 Rebiya Kadeer expresses her wish for a peaceful Beijing Olympics, and urges Beijing to cease its harsh repression of Uyghurs 9 August 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080809123208/http://www.uhrp.org/articles/1201/1/Rebiya-Kadeer-expresses-her-wish-for-a-peaceful-Beijing-Olympics-and-urges-Beijing-to-cease-its-harsh-repression-of-Uyghurs-/index.html 9 August 2008 deadhttps://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7540636.stm Q&A: China and the Uighurs 4 August 2008 5 August 2008 BBC News Attack Two attackers were involved in the incident near the western city of Kashgar. The Xinhua News Agency said the attack happened at about 08:00 (00:00 GMT). One of the men drove a dump truck into a group of border patrol police officers as they were jogging on a street. One attacker then got out of the truck and started attacking other officers with homemade explosives. The explosives went off prematurely and blew off one of his arms. The other attacker threw improvised explosive devices at a nearby police office. He then went into the building with a knife, but was subdued by police officers inside the complex. Both perpetrators were captured during the raid. Fourteen policemen died at the scene and two died on the way to the hospital; another 16 policemen were hurt, Xinhua state news agency reported.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7540138.stm Chinese border assault kills 16 4 August 2008 9 August 2008 BBC News Aftermath Following the attack, the Chinese government tightened security in Kashgar, placing public facilities on heightened alert and restricting information flow about the attack.http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5h862s2FKSh64WGrxRE3Is-uV_8eQ Clampdown in China Muslim region after bloody attack on police AFP 4 August 2008 7 August 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080806231809/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5h862s2FKSh64WGrxRE3Is-uV_8eQ 6 August 2008 dead dmy-allhttp://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jf4L5ib03dPJ1ov5Vv6jQTQqmMFAD92C96600 China tries to shrug off deadly attack Associated Press 6 August 2008 7 August 2008 William Foreman https://web.archive.org/web/20080807230212/http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jf4L5ib03dPJ1ov5Vv6jQTQqmMFAD92C96600 7 August 2008 dead The attackers were identified as males, taxi driver Kurbanjan Hemit (28), and vegetable vendor Abdurahman Azat (33).http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1829791,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics https://web.archive.org/web/20080813142026/http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1829791,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics dead August 13, 2008 Jihad in China's Far West Time 6 August 2008 20 November 2014 They are members of the Uyghur ethnic group, and it was suspected that the attack was a terrorist action by ETIM separatists.http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/04/content_8953646.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20080806233857/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-08/04/content_8953646.htm dead August 6, 2008 Terrorist plot suspected in violent attack on police in west China's Xinjiang Xinhua News Agency 4 August 2008 4 August 2008 Xinhua called the incident a terrorist attack.https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aWA1HpopOpWg&refer=home Xinjiang Border Patrol Attacked, 16 Dead, Xinhua Says Avery Nerys Bloomberg 4 August 2008 9 August 2008 Police investigators reported that they had recovered documents calling for a holy war, a homemade firearm, and nine explosives,http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20080805/ca21800c.htm zh:喀什恐怖襲擊部署一個月 9 August 2008 6 August 2008 zh Ming Pao Hong Kong 18 August 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080818205426/http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20080805/ca21800c.htm dead whose design was similar to the explosives found in a raid on an ETIM facility in January 2007.https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/china-tightens-security-following-deadly-attack-1.727404 China tightens security following deadly attack Associated Press Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 5 August 2008 5 August 2008 A US intelligence monitoring group stated that the ETIM planned to carry out terrorist attacks during the week before the opening ceremonies of the Olympic games.Chinese Islamists threaten Olympics https://www.france24.com/en/20080808-chinese-islamists-threaten-olympics-terrorism-olympics-2008 France 24http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/25042008/3/interpol-chief-warns-olympic-terror-threat.html Interpol chief warns of Olympic terror threat Agence France-Presse Yahoo! Eurosport UK 25 April 2008 This attack happened four days before the Beijing Olympics, after repeated warnings in recent months from the Chinese government that militants from the restive Xinjiang region were planning to stage attacks to disrupt the Games.http://www.france24.com/en/20080804-attack-xinjiang--policemen-china-killed-olympic-games&navi=MONDE At least 16 policemen reportedly killed in bomb attack 5 August 2008 4 August 2008 Caroline Delabroye Le Belzic Sébastien France 24 https://web.archive.org/web/20080811172140/http://www.france24.com/en/20080804-attack-xinjiang--policemen-china-killed-olympic-games%26navi%3DMONDE 2008-08-11 dead In September 2008, the New York Times reported that three tourists who witnessed the events claimed that no explosions were heard and that the attackers appeared to be machete-wielding police officers attacking other uniformed men.Wong Edward Doubt arises in account of an attack in China International Herald Tribune 29 September 2008 http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/29/asia/29kashgar.php?page=1 29 September 2008 Detention of media On the night of 4 August, a Tokyo Shimbun cameraman and a Japanese TV reporter, along with two Hong Kong reporters making reports near the police post, were detained by security. The two Hong Kong reporters were not harmed. However, the Japanese reporters were beaten and punched. All four were released after two hours of detention. The Japanese government protested against the Chinese actions, although it has made no formal statement as there was no confirmation.http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20080805/ca21239a.htm zh:日本不滿武警毆打日記者 9 August 2008 5 August 2008 zh Ming Pao Hong Kong 18 August 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080818205421/http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20080805/ca21239a.htm dead Chinese officials and police in Kashgar apologized for the incident, but accused the two men of breaking rules. See also 2008 Uyghur unrest 2008 Summer Olympics List of massacres in China List of People's Armed Police personnel killed in the line of duty References Category:2008 disasters in China Category:21st century in Xinjiang Category:Improvised explosive device bombings in China Category:Islamic terrorism in China Category:Islamic terrorist incidents in 2008 Category:Kashgar Category:2008 mass murders Category:Terrorist incidents in China in 2008 Category:Xinjiang conflict Category:Terrorist incidents involving knife attacks in China Category:Terrorist incidents involving vehicular attacks in Asia Category:Turkistan Islamic Party Category:August 2008 in China Category:Vehicle-ramming attacks in China China Category:21st-century mass murders in China Category:2000s vehicle-ramming attacks Category:Attacks on military installations in China