page_title: April 2014 Ürümqi attack
section_title: Attack
hierarchical_section_title: April 2014 Ürümqi attack / Attack
caption_attribution_description: 中文（简体）‎: 2014年4月30日火车南站爆炸袭击后，5月26日，火车南站广场开始修建安检口。图为火车南站一号安检口。 English: After South Railway Station blast, official start to build security checkpoints on the square ahead south railway station since May 26. The image shows the No.1 security checkpoint at South Railway Station.
context_page_description: On 30 April 2014, a knife attack and bombing occurred in the Chinese city of Ürümqi, Xinjiang. The incident, a terrorist attack, left three people dead and seventy-nine others injured. The attack coincided with the conclusion of a visit by Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China to the region.
  At approximately 7:10 pm local time, a pair of assailants attacked passengers with knives and detonated explosives at the city's railway station. Police closed off all entrances to the station in the immediate aftermath of the attack, but it was reopened at 9 pm with increased security. It is not known how many individuals were involved in the attack, but two individuals are suspected. The Turkestan Islamic Party claimed the responsibility of the attack.
context_section_description: At 7:10 pm local time on 30 April 2014, a group of individuals used knives to attack passengers and detonated bombs at the exit of Ürümqi South Station. Originally, it was thought that the explosives came from luggage situated between the station and the bus stop outside, but the People's Daily stated that the attackers had "set off bombs tied on their bodies and died." The scope of the blast was also disputed.  While one worker at a nearby hostel had reportedly mistaken the explosion for an earthquake, another eyewitness noted how the bomb appeared to be "home made, as the blast was not massive." Initially, the attack was said to have injured fifty people, but state news media revised the figures the next morning to three killed and seventy-nine injured.
  It was reported that the attack was carried out by two religiously motivated suicide bombers. One of them was identified as Sedierding Shawuti, a 39-year-old Uyghur from Xayar County, Aksu in Southern Xinjiang. According to an anti-terrorist intelligence service, a group named Turkestan Islamic Party has claimed responsibility for the attack.
caption: After the South Railway Station blast, security checkpoints were constructed on the square in front of the South Railway Station after 26 May. This image shows the No.1 security checkpoint at South Railway Station.
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