Non-fatal injuries 23 Start date February 5, 1992 Total number of deaths 3 | Perpetrators ETIM Perpetrator Turkistan Islamic Party Attack type Bomb | |
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Location Urumqi, Xinjiang, China Similar May 2014 Ürümqi attack, April 2014 Ürümqi attack, 2008 Kashgar attack, Tianjin Airlines Flight 7554, 2013 Tiananmen Square at | ||
On 5 February 1992, four bombs exploded in public buildings and on two buses, line 2 and line 30, in Urumqi, Xinjiang, China. The bombings resulted in three deaths and 23 injuries.
Background
Continuing tensions in Xinjiang have been a source of terrorism in China. Conflicts over Uyghur cultural aspirations resurfaced during the 1960s.
References
1992 Ürümqi bombings Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA