What the records say
- When
- Jun 1933
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 800
- Coordinates
- 35.84° N, 103.45° E
- Description
- Massacre during the Kumul Rebellion
Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.
Kizil massacre
Massacre during the Kumul Rebellion
The Kizil massacre occurred in June 1933, when Uighur and Kyrgyz Turkic fighters broke their agreement not to attack a column of retreating Hui Chinese soldiers and civilians from Yarkand New City on their way to Kashgar. An estimated 800 Chinese Muslim and Chinese civilians were killed by Turkic Muslim fighters.
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