The Kizil massacre () occurred in June 1933, when
Uighur and
Kirghiz Turkic fighters of the
First East Turkestan Republic
The Turkic Islamic Republic of East Turkestan (TIRET; ug, شەرقىي تۈركىستان تۈرك ئىسلام جۇمھۇرىيىتى, , Шәрқий Түркистан Түрк-Ислам Җумхурийити; ) was a short-lived breakaway ...
broke their agreement not to attack a column of retreating
Hui Chinese soldiers and civilians from
Yarkand
Yarkant County,, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency also Shache County,, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency also transliterated from Uyghur as Yakan County, is a county in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous ...
New City on their way to
Kashgar. An estimated 800 Chinese Muslim and Chinese civilians were killed by Turkic Muslim fighters.
See also
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List of massacres in China
The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in China. The massacres are grouped for different time periods.
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