The Yarkand Massacre was an episode of violence that began on 28 July 2014 in Yarkant County, Kashgar Prefecture of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China, and lasted for several days, as Chinese police quelled the local unrest.
The official death toll listed 96 fatalities with 37 innocent people (including 35 Han and 2 Uyghurs) and 59 thugs or terrorists. The World Uyghur Congress and Apple Daily estimated based on interviews that 1,000 to 5,000 people died.