2007 Xinjiang raid

People's Republic of China 1989–2006 2007–present The January 2007 Xinjiang raid was carried out on January 5, 2007, by Chinese paramilitary police against a suspected East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) training camp in Akto County in the Pamir plateau.

[1] A spokesperson for the Xinjiang Public Security Department said that 18 terror suspects were killed and 17 captured.

Authorities confiscated hand grenades, guns, and makeshift explosives from the site.

Rebiya Kadeer, a Uyghur human rights activist, called for an independent UN investigation into the raid,[5] while Alim Seytoff, executive chairman of the World Uighur Congress, claimed the Chinese government has yet to produce evidence to substantiate the camp's connections to terrorism.

In response, Zhao Yongchen, vice head of the Xinjiang counterterrorism forces, reiterated the reality of the camp's terrorist threat.