What the records say
- When
- 28 Dec 2011
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 37.62° N, 78.30° E
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, Pishan hostage crisis.
Pishan hostage crisis
Hostage crisis in Pishan, Xinjiang
The Pishan hostage crisis occurred on the night of 28 December 2011, in Koxtag, Pishan/Guma County, Hotan Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. A group of 15 ethnic Uyghur kidnapped two goat shepherds for directions near the Indian and Pakistan borders. They were soon confronted by a group of five Pishan policemen, who tried to negotiate for the shepherds' release.
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