1992 Ürümqi bombings

1992 Ürümqi bombings
1992 Ürümqi bombings
	Location of Ürümqi in China
Location	Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
Date	February 5, 1992 (UTC+08:00)
Attack type	Bombings
Deaths	6
Perpetrators	Not claimed by any group, but attributed to the East Turkestan independence movement by the Chinese government
Motive	Xinjiang conflict

On 5 February 1992, bombs exploded on two buses in Ürümqi, killing six.^[1]^[2] The bombings were attributed at the time to the East Turkestan independence movement,^[3] but not claimed by a specific organization.^[4]

References

↑ "33. China/Uighurs (1949-present)". University of Central Arkansas. Archived from the original on 2023-12-07. Retrieved 2026-06-28.
↑ Gunaratna, Rohan; Acharya, Arabinda; Pengxin, Wang (2010), "Uighur Separatism: East Turkistan Groups", Ethnic Identity and National Conflict in China, New York: Palgrave Macmillan US, pp. 47–88, doi:10.1057/9780230107878_4, ISBN 978-1-349-28761-1
↑ Hastings, Justin V. (December 2011). "Charting the Course of Uyghur Unrest". The China Quarterly. 208: 893–912. doi:10.1017/S0305741011001056. ISSN 0305-7410.
↑ Roberts, Sean R. (2021-12-07). "How the Uyghurs became a 'terrorist threat'". The war on the Uyghurs. Manchester University Press. doi:10.7765/9781526166258.00009. ISBN 978-1-5261-6625-8.