Xinjiang raid

Xinjiang raid
Part of Xinjiang conflict

Map showing Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in the People's Republic of China
DateJanuary 5, 2007
LocationXinjiang, People's Republic of China
Result Chinese victory
Belligerents
People's Republic of China East Turkestan Islamic Movement
Commanders and leaders
Ba Yan Unknown
Casualties and losses
1 killed
1 wounded		 18 killed
17 captured

The January 2007 Xinjiang raid was carried out on January 5, 2007 by the Chinese police against a suspected East Turkestan Islamic Movement training camp in Akto County in the Pamir plateau.

A spokesperson for the Xinjiang Public Security Department said that 18 terror suspects were killed and 17 captured. The raid also resulted in the death of one Chinese paramilitary officer Huang Qiang, age 21, and the injury of another officer. Authorities confiscated hand grenades, guns, and makeshift explosives from the site.[1][2]

In reaction, many exiled Uyghur leaders quickly have questioned the motives behind the raid. Rebiya Kadeer, Uyghur human-rights activist, has called for an independent UN investigation into the raid, while Alim Seytoff, executive chairman of the World Uighur Congress, claims the Chinese government has yet to produce evidence to substantiate the camp's connections to terrorism. In response, Zhao Yongchen, vice head of the Xinjiang counterterrorism forces, reiterated the reality of the camp's terrorist threat.[1][3][4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "UN urged to probe killing of Chinese Muslims". The News. January 11, 2007. Archived from the original on February 20, 2008.
  2. ↑ "China 'anti-terror' raid kills 18". BBC News. 8 January 2007.
  3. ↑ "China crushes Xinjiang `terror camp'". Taipei Times. January 10, 2007.
  4. ↑ Poch, Rafael (June 20, 2007). "Un incidente en el Pamir". La Vanguardia (in Spanish).

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