Timeline of unrest in China's Xinjiang region

6 Jul 2009, 4:55 pm   -   Source: AFP
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Following is a chronology of key events related to the restive region since May 2008

The latest unrest in China's Xinjiang region at the weekend left at least 140 people dead, according to a government spokeswoman.
  
Following is a chronology of key events related to the restive region since May 2008:
  
2008
  
May 5 -- Three killed in bus bombing in Shanghai. The Turkestan Islamic Party (TIP) claims responsibility.
  
July 8 -- Chinese authorities say police killed five Muslims who were planning a "holy war" in Urumqi, Xinjiang's capital.
  
July 21 -- Three buses bombed in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan province, killing two people. TIP claims responsibility. China says TIP not responsible, but gives no details.
  
August 4 -- China says "terrorists" kill 17 policemen at a police station in Kashgar, days before the Beijing Olympics open.
  
August 10 -- Ten attackers and one security guard are killed in bombings and a shoot-out with police in the remote city of Kuqa.
  
August 12 -- Three security officers are killed when assailants jump off a vehicle passing through a checkpoint and stab them.
  
August 27 -- Two policemen are killed and five wounded while searching a cornfield near Kashgar, western Xinjiang, for a suspect connected with an earlier attack.
  
August 29 -- Chinese police kill six and arrest three others in a clash in Kashgar prefecture.
  
2009
  
February 25 -- A couple from Xinjiang set themselves on fire with their son in central Beijing over a dispute with their local government. They survive.
  
April 9 -- China executes two Muslim men in Kashgar for what it says was a "terrorist" attack that took place on August 4 and left 17 policemen dead.
  
July 5 -- Violence breaks out in Urumqi, with initial official reports putting the number of casualties at three dead.

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