2014 China–Vietnam border shootout
| 2014 China–Vietnam border shootout | |||||
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| Part of the Xinjiang conflict | |||||
A warning sign installed on the Chinese side of the border after the shootout. The text – written in Chinese, Vietnamese, Zhuang, and Uyghur – reads: "International border area, unauthorized entry prohibited". | |||||
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| Belligerents | |||||
| Uyghur illegal migrants | Vietnam Border Guard | ||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||
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5 killed 5 wounded |
2 killed 5 wounded | ||||
On 18 April 2014, a group of sixteen Chinese citizens, later identified as ethnic Uyghurs, engaged in a shootout with Vietnamese border guards after seizing their guns as they were being detained to be returned to China. Five Uyghurs and two Vietnamese border guards died in the incident. Ten of the Uyghur perpetrators were men and the rest were women or children.