1992 Ürümqi bombings

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.

1992 Ürümqi bombings
Location of Ürümqi in China
Location	Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
Date	February 5, 1992 (1992-02-05) (UTC+08:00)
Attack type	Bombings
Deaths	3
Injured	23
Perpetrators	Uyghur separatists
Motive	Xinjiang conflict

Background

Continuing tensions in Xinjiang have been a source of terrorism in China. Conflicts over Uyghur cultural aspirations resurfaced during the 1960s.

External reference

• 新疆遭遇的暴力恐怖事件(cn) Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
• 新疆曾遭遇暴力恐怖高峰(cn)

See also

• Terrorism in China
• Xinjiang conflict