Xinjiang raid

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

Xinjiang raid
Part of Xinjiang conflict

Map showing Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in the People's Republic of China
DateJanuary 5, 2007
Location
Xinjiang, People's Republic of China
Result Chinese raid successful
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

A spokesperson for the Xinjiang Public Security Department said that 18 terror suspects were killed and 17 captured. Those captured were either sentenced to death or life imprisonment.[1] 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.[2][3] ETIM is classified by the United Nations as a terrorist organization.[4][5]

In reaction, many exiled Uyghur leaders quickly questioned the motives behind the raid. Rebiya Kadeer, a Uyghur human rights activist, called for an independent UN investigation into the raid,[5] while Alim Seytoff, executive chairman of the World Uighur Congress, claimed 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.[2][6][7] By June 2017, a United States official stated that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was still evaluating the validity of China's terrorism claim, maintaining that there were no terrorist activities by international actors in the country from 2002 to 2007.[1]

See also

References
  1. Kan, Shirley (2009). U.S.-China Counterterrorism Cooperation: Issues for U.S. Policy. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Research Service. p. 17. ISBN 9781437919363.
  2. "UN urged to probe killing of Chinese Muslims". The News. January 11, 2007. Archived from the original on February 20, 2008.
  3. "China 'anti-terror' raid kills 18". BBC News. 8 January 2007.
  4. Roul, Animesh (May 17, 2019). "Al-Qaeda and Islamic State Reinvigorating East Turkistan Jihad". Jamestown. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
  5. Guo, Rongxing (2015). China's Spatial (Dis)integration: Political Economy of the Interethnic Unrest in Xinjiang. Waltham, MA: Chandos Publishing. p. 46. ISBN 9780081003879.
  6. "China crushes Xinjiang `terror camp'". Taipei Times. January 10, 2007.
  7. Poch, Rafael (June 20, 2007). "Un incidente en el Pamir". La Vanguardia (in Spanish).

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