2008 Kashgar attack

4 August 2008 Kashgar attack
Part of the Xinjiang conflict
Kashgar is located in the northeast part of Kashgar Prefecture.
Location	Near Kashgar, Xinjiang, China
Date	4 August 2008 0800 (0000 GMT) –
Target	Policemen
Attack type	Vehicular, IED and knife attack
Deaths	16
Injured	16
Perpetrators	Kurbanjan Hemit Abdurahman Azat East Turkestan Islamic Movement (suspected)

The 2008 Kashgar attack (Chinese: 2008年喀什袭击事件) occurred on the morning of 4 August 2008, in the city of Kashgar in the Western Chinese province of Xinjiang. According to Chinese government sources, it was a terrorist attack perpetrated by two men with suspected ties to the Uyghur separatist movement. The men reportedly drove a truck into a group of approximately 70 jogging police officers, and proceeded to attack them with grenades and machetes, resulting in the death of sixteen officers.