Ghulja incident

Ghulja Incident
Part of the Xinjiang conflict
DateFebruary 3, 1997 (1997-02-03)
February 3–5, 1997
Location
Caused by
  • Ethnic tensions
  • USSR Collapse Shockwave
GoalsMore Autonomy
MethodsProtests, rioting
Resulted inCrowd dispersed by police
Parties
Casualties
Death(s)
  • 10 including a police officer (official reports)
  • ~200 (dissident claims)
Injuries198
Arrested1,600+ (dissident claims)

The Ghulja, Gulja, or Yining incident (Chinese: 伊寧事件, Yīníng Shìjiàn), also known as the Ghulja massacre, was the culmination of the Ghulja protests of 1997, a series of protests in the city of Yiningknown as Ghulja in Uyghurin the Xinjiang autonomous region of China.