1989–2006 2007–present 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.

[1][2][3][4][5] The confrontation began after the guards detained a group of Uyghur illegal migrants inside a border post around noon, with the intention of returning them to the Chinese authorities.

[1] Some of the migrants grabbed one or more AK-47 assault rifles from the guards and opened fire on them.

[1] Hundreds of police officers and border guards surrounded the building during the standoff and urged the migrants inside to surrender.

[5] Some of the migrants who died had committed suicide, while the others were shot dead by Vietnamese police officers and border guards.