Xinjiang raid
| Xinjiang raid | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of Xinjiang conflict | |||||
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| Belligerents | |||||
 East Turkestan Islamic Movement | |||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||
 Ba Yan | |||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||
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1 killed 1 wounded |
18 killed 17 captured | ||||
The January 2007 Xinjiang raid was carried out on 5 January 2007 by security forces in China against a suspected East Turkestan Islamic Movement training camp in Akto County in the Pamir plateau.
A spokesperson for the Xinjiang Public Security Bureau said that 18 terrorists were killed and 17 were captured. The raid also resulted in the death of one officer Huang Qiang, age 21, and the injury of another officer. Authorities confiscated hand grenades, guns, and makeshift explosives from the site.[1][2][3]
In reaction, many exiled Uyghur leaders quickly questioned the motives behind the raid. Rebiya Kadeer, Uyghur human-rights activist, called for an independent UN investigation into the raid, while Alim Seytoff, executive chairman of the World Uighur Congress, claimed that the Chinese government has yet to produce evidence to substantiate the camp's connections to terrorism. Zhao Yongchen, vice head of the Xinjiang counterterrorism forces, reiterated the reality of the camp's terrorist threat. [1][4]
See also
- East Turkestan independence movement
- East Turkestan Liberation Organization
- 2008 Uyghur unrest
- Politics of the People's Republic of China
References
- 1 2 UN urged to probe killing of Chinese Muslims Archived March 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine. The News
- ↑ China 'anti-terror' raid kills 18 BBC
- ↑ Un incidente en el Pamir, La Vanguardia 20/06/2007
- ↑ China crushes Xinjiang `terror camp' Taipei Times