1 killed
1 wounded 18 killed
17 captured Location Xinjiang, China | Date 5 January 2007 | |
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Similar Xinjiang conflict, Operation Golden Pheasant, First Taiwan Strait Crisis, Dzungar–Qing Wars, Dongshan Island Campaign | ||
The January 2007 Xinjiang raid was carried out on 5 January 2007 by security forces in China against a suspected ETIM training camp in Akto County in the Pamir plateau.
A spokesperson for the Xinjiang Public Security Bureau said that 18 terrorists were killed and 17 were captured. The raid also resulted in the death of one officer Huang Qiang, age 21, and the injury of another officer. Authorities confiscated hand grenades, guns, and makeshift explosives from the site.
In reaction, many exiled Uyghur leaders quickly questioned the motives behind the raid. Rebiya Kadeer, a Uyghur human-rights activist, demanded an independent UN investigation into the raid, while Alim Seytoff, executive chairman of the World Uighur Congress, claimed that the Chinese government has yet to produce evidence to substantiate the camp's connections to terrorism. Zhao Yongchen, vice head of the Xinjiang counterterrorism forces, reiterated the reality of the camp's terrorist threat.