World Uyghur Congress
Exiled Uyghur groups offered conflicting accounts of the clash, which they say was precipitated by increased ethnic and religious restrictions and widespread arbitrary arrests by authorities. Citing unidentified local residents, the Germany-based World Uyghur Congress said that the attacks targeted security personnel—not civilians—and that fighting resulted in the deaths of ten Uyghurs, seven police officers, and five others. Radio Free Asia reported that a group of Uyghurs had killed three ethnic Han, and that police killed 12 young Uyghurs.