What the records say
- When
- 18 Jul 2011
- Kind
- Terrorist attack
- Coordinates
- 37.10° N, 80.02° E
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, 2011 Hotan attack.
2011 Hotan attack
Terrorist attack in Xinjiang, China
On 18 July 2011, a group of 18 ethnic Uyghur militants in Hotan, Xinjiang, China occupied a police station on Nuerbage Street at noon, killing two security guards and taking eight hostages. The attackers then yelled religious slogans, including ones associated with Jihadism, as they took down a Chinese flag flying from the police station.
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