Red Star Over China (8) Ili 25 events
Xinjiang city of Kashgar in western China's most
The years 1997-2000, a period of impressive
Since the 90's East Turkistan in Xinjiang and the outside elements in collusion, activity gradually rampant, creating a series of violent terrorist cases, and gradually embark on international terrorism, organized crime, roads.
In 1996, the "East Turkistan" elements in Xinjiang's various factions, led by the national separatists and religious extremists in the southern somewhere secretly held a "congress" to establish the "East Turkistan Islamic Party of God" and formulated the founding of the party program - to achieve independence in Xinjiang the establishment of theocratic "East Turkistan Islamic Republic", they clamored for a: "96 years of hands-on, 97 years, go all out, by the year 2000 Xinjiang independence," "Hong Kong and Macao, Xinjiang independence "...... It can be said that 1997 was an eventful year at a time when it is a contentious region of Xinjiang!
For specific "implementation" of the "97 years make a big" this "strategic objectives", in 1997, the Spring Festival, the terrorists have chosen the Yili Prefecture in northern Xinjiang, with the purpose of organized violence and terrorist activities carried out to create a "Yili 25 incident. "
Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture yes, demographic composition of Han, Kazak and Uygur about each third, in 1997 years ago, Ili and solidarity of all ethnic groups, and the harmony harmony, national unity is a big family. Originally thought that East Turkistan to the southern border even if the manufacture of the event should go, but no one imagined that terrorists would choose in northern Xinjiang's Ili opened the "first shot."
February 5, 1997 to 8, the "East Turkistan Islamic Party of God" and other terrorist organization and created a riot in Yining vandalism, the terrorists shouted, "establish an Islamic kingdom," and other slogans, attacks on civilians, destroyed shops, burned smashed car, killing seven innocent people, so that more than 200 people were injured, more than 30 vehicles were destroyed, two houses were burned. One on his way home for young couples in the attack, his wife was disfigured with a knife after the terrorist risk of further brutal killings, the husband was seriously wounded; a township cultural station staff on the street by terrorists stabbed death was again thrown into the fire burning (where relevant SOHU online in 2001, I had seen the detailed report, and now looking for a number of not found, we can look at this link: http://61.137.117.2/lrbl/dispbbs . asp? boardID = 7 & RootID = 1914 & ID = 1914).
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Author: hcw1969
