2014 Luntai County bombings
{{Short description|Terrorist attack in Xinjiang, China}}
{{Infobox terrorist attack
|partof =the Xinjiang conflict
|title = 2014 Luntai County bombings
|image =Location of Luntai within Xinjiang (China).png
|caption = Location of Luntai County (red) within Bayingolin Prefecture (yellow) and Xinjiang
|location = Luntai County, Xinjiang
|coordinates =
|date = 21 September, 2014 {{cite web |title=Region's residents bear scars of terrorist attacks |url=https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202111/18/WS6195ab78a310cdd39bc75fed.html |access-date=1 February 2023}}
|type =
|fatalities = 50 (6 civilians, 4 police, 40 attackers) {{cite web |title=China says 40 'rioters' killed in restive Xinjiang |url=https://news.yahoo.com/40-rioters-killed-chinas-xinjiang-state-media-170920356.html |publisher=AFP |access-date=1 February 2023}}
|injuries = 54
|perps =
|numparts =
|target =
| weapons = Explosives
}}
{{Campaignbox Xinjiang conflict}}
On September 21, 2014, a series of bombings occurred in Luntai County in Xinjiang, China.
Authorities initially stated that two people were killed in the violence, but revised the figures upwards to 50 dead.{{cite news |title=Chinese State Media Now Put Death Toll From Xinjiang Violence at 50 |url=https://time.com/3432189/china-xinjiang-50-killed-luntai-county-uighur/ |access-date=2 February 2023 |agency=TIME}}{{cite news |title=China: 'Serious' Terrorist Attack Kills 50 In Xinjiang |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/09/26/351716057/china-serious-terrorist-attack-kills-50-in-xinjiang |access-date=17 January 2023 |agency=National Public Radio |publisher=NPR |date=September 26, 2014}}
Attack
Chinese state media reported what was described as an "organized and serious" terror attack occurring on 21 September. The violence took place at two police stations, as well as a shop and a produce market in the county. Initial reports put the death toll at two dead, but later announcements by authorities raised the reported death toll to 50.{{cite news |title=Official Death Toll in Xinjiang's Bugur Violence Climbs to 50 |url=https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/bugur-09252014210804.html |access-date=2 February 2023 |agency=Radio Free Asia}} Among the deaths were six civilians, two police officers, and two auxiliary police. Forty attackers, described as 'rioters', were also killed, either blowing themselves up or being shot dead by police. Two attackers were captured.{{cite news |title=Xinjiang unrest: China raises death toll to 50 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-29373158 |access-date=5 February 2023 |agency=BBC}}
Aftermath
A curfew was imposed in the area following the violence. Local Chinese officials named Maimaiti Tursun, who was killed in the incident, as the ringleader behind the attack.{{cite news |title=China says 50 killed in Sunday terrorist attack |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/china-says-50-killed-in-sunday-terrorist-attack/ |access-date=2 February 2023 |agency=The Times of Israel}}