2010 Aksu bombing

Bombing incident in Aksu, Xinjiang, China September 2020 2010 Aksu bombing Xinjiang conflict Location of Aksu within Xinjiang (China).png Aksu, Xinjiang, People's Republic of China Security personnel 19 August 2010 10:30 UTC+3 Bomb 7+ 14+ 41 10 N 80 15 E 2010年 阿克蘇 爆炸 襲擊 事件 2010年 阿克苏 爆炸 袭击 事件 On 19 August 2010, a Uyghur man detonated explosives in a crowd of police and paramilitary guards in Aksu, Xinjiang, at about 10:30 Barboza David https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/20/world/asia/20china.html?_r=1 Blast Kills 7 in Restive Chinese Region The New York Times 19 August 2010 19 August 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20130510090749/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/20/world/asia/20china.html?_r=1 10 May 2013 live using a three-wheeled vehicle. http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2010/08/2010819102454243887.html Several dead in China explosion Al-Jazeera 19 August 2010 19 August 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100819192128/http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2010/08/2010819102454243887.html 19 August 2010 live The assailant targeted police officers in the area, Chang Anita http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9HN6NP80.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20121025071854/http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9HN6NP80.htm dead 25 October 2012 Official: Attack in western China targeted police Businessweek 20 August 2010 20 August 2010 and most of the victims were also Uyghurs. Fourteen people were injured. Xinhua news agency reported that six people were involved in the attack, and two had died; the other four were detained by police. Rabinovitch Simon https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTOE67O08I China detains four over attack on Xinjiang police Reuters 25 August 2010 26 August 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100829120434/https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTOE67O08I 29 August 2010 live Background A number of violent incidents have occurred in Xinjiang since the 1990s. In the year before the attack, Xinjiang had ethnic tensions that continued to trouble the region. Before the 2010 Aksu blast, Xinjiang Governor Nur Bekri was quoted as saying Xinjiang faces a "long and fierce and very complicated struggle" because "Separatism in Xinjiang has a very long history, it was there in the past, it is still here now and it will continue in the future." Bristow Michael https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11021645 Blast kills seven in China's Xinjiang BBC News 19 August 2010 19 August 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100819191454/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11021645 19 August 2010 live In July 2009, riots in Ürümqi resulted in the deaths of numerous Han Chinese and Uyghurs. There was another spate of attacks in the region a few months later. Attack The site of the explosion, Aksu (ug ئاقسۇ; 阿克苏), is about 650 km mi on west of Urumqi, and is just 60 km mi on from the border with Kyrgyzstan. Barnes Taylor https://www.csmonitor.com/World/terrorism-security/2010/0819/China-blast-kills-seven-in-restive-Xinjiang-Uighur-suspected China blast kills seven in restive Xinjiang; Uighur suspected The Christian Science Monitor 19 August 2010 19 August 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100821230022/http://www.csmonitor.com/World/terrorism-security/2010/0819/China-blast-kills-seven-in-restive-Xinjiang-Uighur-suspected 21 August 2010 live The bomb exploded at the T-intersection of Kalata Road (ug قالاتا يولى; 喀拉塔路 no) and Wuka Road (ug ئۇكا يولى; 乌喀路 no). According to a report by the Associated Press, two attackers drove a three-wheeled motorbike into a crowd and threw explosives from it.Official: Attack in western China targeted police https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i3E80IT1fQrscs2ThcPaY-BuipzwD9HN6NP80 Chang Anita Associated Press 20 August 2010 21 August 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100824075004/https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i3E80IT1fQrscs2ThcPaY-BuipzwD9HN6NP80 24 August 2010 dead According to reports the attack was carried out by a man, who was arrested on the spot and whom Xinjiang government spokeswoman Hou Hanmin stated is Uyghur, and a woman who died during the attack. Most of those killed in the blast were local security officers. Five victims died on the spot, and two died at the hospital; of the seven, at least five were police officers. An anonymous Radio Free Asia source claims that officers in the targeted police station had commonly booked Uyghurs with beards or traditional head coverings and brought them to the police station for political education. http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/Uyghur%20policemen%20killed%20in%20attack-08192010163454.html Slain Patrolmen 'Checked' Uyghurs Radio Free Asia 19 August 2010 19 August 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100820180021/http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/Uyghur%20policemen%20killed%20in%20attack-08192010163454.html 20 August 2010 dead The ethnicity of the victims was not discussed at the news conference of Aksu prefecture, http://society.people.com.cn/GB/41158/12490659.html zh:新疆阿克苏召开新闻发布会公布爆炸袭击案 人民网 (People's Daily) zh 2010-08-19 19 August 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100822211830/http://society.people.com.cn/GB/41158/12490659.html 22 August 2010 live but Hou told reporters that "most of the victims are U[y]ghurs." At the time of the conference the incident was not classified as a terrorist attack. Foster Peter https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/7953725/Seven-killed-in-Chinese-explosion.html Seven killed in Chinese explosion The Daily Telegraph 19 August 2010 19 August 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100826023926/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/7953725/Seven-killed-in-Chinese-explosion.html 26 August 2010 live Investigation Chinese police stated that it was an intentional act, and that a suspect was detained at the scene after incurring injuries himself. http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/08/19/china.xinjiang.blast/#fbid=usvBqfW-Bt-&wom=false 7 die in tricycle bomb attack in China CNN 19 August 2010 19 August 2010 The four detained suspects were part of a "violent gang of six people" according to Xinjiang government spokesperson Hou Hanmin. https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i3E80IT1fQrscs2ThcPaY-BuipzwD9HQH1880 Police arrest 4 in bombing in restive west China Associated Press 25 August 2010 25 August 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100829151637/https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i3E80IT1fQrscs2ThcPaY-BuipzwD9HQH1880 29 August 2010 dead Internet censorship Internet censorship in the People's Republic of China According to one netizen interviewed by Radio Free Asia, mention of the bombing on internet boards, including postings containing the official version of events, have been speedily deleted from the internet in China. http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/blast-08232010174828.html More Arrests in Aksu Blast Radio Free Asia 23 August 2010 26 August 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100826005605/http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/blast-08232010174828.html 26 August 2010 live China References 30em Category:Xinjiang conflict Category:2010 mass murders Category:Improvised explosive device bombings in China Category:August 2010 crimes in Asia China Category:21st century in Xinjiang Category:Aksu Prefecture Category:Improvised explosive device bombings in 2010 Category:August 2010 in China Category:Road incidents in China Category:2010 road incidents in Asia Category:21st-century mass murders in China Category:Attacks in China in 2010 Category:Crime in Xinjiang