On 28 February 2012 , an attack in Yecheng killed 24 and injured 18 . On 24 April 2013 , clashes in Bachu occurred between a group of armed men and social workers and police near Kashgar . The violence left at least 21 people dead , including 15 police and officials . According to a local government official , the clashes broke out after three other officials reported that suspicious men armed with knives were hiding in a house outside Kashgar . Two months later , on 26 June 27 people were killed in riots in Shanshan ; seventeen were killed by rioters , and the other ten were alleged assailants who were shot dead by police in the township of Lukqun
clashes in Bachu
April 2013 Bachu unrest
Xinjiang conflict