2013 Tiananmen Square attack

2013 Tiananmen Square car attack
Part of the Xinjiang conflict
LocationBeijing, China
Coordinates39°54′27″N 116°23′50″E / 39.90750°N 116.39722°E / 39.90750; 116.39722
Date28 October 2013
Attack type
Car attack (suspected suicide bombing)[1]
Deaths5 (including three attackers)[1]
Injured38[1]
PerpetratorsEast Turkestan Islamic Movement
MotiveIslamic extremism[2]

On 28 October 2013, a car ran over pedestrians and crashed in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China, in a terrorist suicide attack.[3] Five people died in the incident; three inside the vehicle and two others nearby.[4][5] Police identified the driver as Usmen Hasan and the two passengers as his wife, Gulkiz Gini, and his mother, Kuwanhan Reyim.[4] An additional 38 people were injured.[4]

Chinese police described it as a "major incident"[3] and as the first terrorist attack in Beijing's recent history.[6] The East Turkestan Islamic Movement, or Turkistan Islamic Party, claimed responsibility and warned of future attacks.[2][7]

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  2. ^ a b Kaiman, Jonathan (25 November 2013). "Islamist group claims responsibility for attack on China's Tiananmen Square". The Guardian.
  3. ^ a b "Tiananmen crash: China police 'seek Xinjiang suspects'". BBC News Online. 29 October 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
  4. ^ a b c "Chinese police say Tiananmen Square crash was 'premeditated, violent, terrorist attack". Washington Post. Associated Press. 30 October 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  5. ^ "Tongue Tied: Education in Xinjiang". The Economist. 27 June 2015. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  6. ^ "China police call Tiananmen Gate suicide attack an act of terrorism, arrest 5 suspects". Washington Post. Associated Press. 31 October 2013. Archived from the original on 30 October 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
  7. ^ Wen, Philip (25 November 2013). "Turkestan Islamic Party Islamist group warns of more attacks such as Tiananmen". The Sydney Morning Herald.