Kizil massacre explained

Kizil massacre
Location:Near Kashgar, Xinjiang
Target:Chinese Muslim soldiers and Han Chinese civilians
Date:June 1933
Fatalities:800

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.[1] An estimated 800 Chinese Muslim and Chinese civilians were killed by Turkic Muslim fighters.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Warlords and Muslims in Chinese Central Asia: a political history of Republican Sinkiang 1911–1949. Andrew D. W. Forbes. 1986. CUP Archive. Cambridge, England. 0-521-25514-7. 88. 2010-06-28.
  2. Book: Great Britain and Chinese, Russian and Japanese interests in Sinkiang, 1918–1934. Lars-Erik Nyman. 1977. Esselte studium. Stockholm. 91-24-27287-6. 111 & 113. 2010-06-28.