June 2013 Shanshan riots

June 2013 Shanshan riots
LocationShanshan, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China
Date26 June 2013 (2013-06-26)
6:00 a.m. CST
Attack type
Knife attack
Deaths35 in total
11 rioters
22 civilians
2 police officers[1]
Injured21
MotiveIslamic extremism[2]

On 26 June 2013, rioting broke out in Shanshan County, in the autonomous region of Xinjiang, China. 35 people died in the riots, including 22 civilians, two police officers and eleven attackers.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

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