1992 Ürümqi bombings
1992 Ürümqi bombings | |
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![]() Location of Ürümqi in China | |
Location | Urumqi, Xinjiang, China |
Date | February 5, 1992UTC+08:00) | (
Attack type | Bombings |
Deaths | 3 |
Injured | 23 |
Perpetrators | Uyghur separatists |
Motive | Xinjiang conflict |
On 5 February 1992, four bombs exploded in public buildings and on two buses, line 2 and line 30, in Urumqi, Xinjiang, China. The bombings resulted in three deaths and 23 injuries.
Background
[edit]Continuing tensions in Xinjiang have been a source of terrorism in China. Conflicts over Uyghur cultural aspirations resurfaced during the 1960s.
External reference
[edit]- 新疆遭遇的暴力恐怖事件(cn) Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
- 新疆曾遭遇暴力恐怖高峰(cn)