Several Indian security analysts claimed that Pakistani-based terror groups were linked to the attack . Both the director of the Institute of Central Asia at the Xinjiang Academy of Social Sciences and Chinese counter-terrorist expert Li Wei alluded to the influence of foreign terrorist organizations in the attack without mentioning any specific country , which the '' Times of India '' claimed referred to Pakistan . However , the Chinese government , which has good relations with Pakistan , and the WUC , did not give any remarks on the alleged connection to terrorists based in Pakistan . On September 8 , the US-based terrorist monitoring group SITE reported on a video made by ETIM leader Abdul Shakoor Damla claiming responsibility for the July Hotan and Kashgar attacks on behalf of his group . On September 14 , the '' Xinjiang Legal Daily '' reported that six men were tried for their involvement in the Hotan and Kashgar attacks . Four were given death sentences , and two were given 19-year jail terms , for charges including " leading and organizing a terror group , manufacturing illegal explosives , intentional homicide , and arson " . Xinjiang authorities have unveiled a package of policy responses to the attacks to placate Muslim Uyghurs , which include increasing quotas for Uyghur participation in local government and increasing government subsidies for religious schools
Kashgar attacks
2011 Kashgar attacks
2011 Hotan attack