On 5 February 1992, four bombs exploded in public buildings and on two buses, line 2 and line 30, in
Urumqi,
Xinjiang
Xinjiang, SASM/GNC: ''Xinjang''; zh, c=, p=Xīnjiāng; formerly romanized as Sinkiang (, ), officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), located in the northwest ...
,
China. The bombings resulted in three deaths and 23 injuries.
Background
Continuing tensions in Xinjiang have been a source of
terrorism in China
Terrorism in China refers to the use or threatened use of violence to effect political or ideological change in the People's Republic of China.
The definition of terrorism differs among scholars, between international and national bodies and a ...
. Conflicts over
Uyghur cultural aspirations resurfaced during the 1960s.
External reference
新疆遭遇的暴力恐怖事件(cn)
See also
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Terrorism in China
Terrorism in China refers to the use or threatened use of violence to effect political or ideological change in the People's Republic of China.
The definition of terrorism differs among scholars, between international and national bodies and a ...
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Xinjiang conflict
The Xinjiang conflict ( zh, c=新疆冲突), also known as the East Turkistan conflict, Uyghur–Chinese conflict or Sino-East Turkistan conflict (as argued by the East Turkistan Government-in-Exile), is an ongoing ethnic geopolitical conf ...
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