Tiananmen Square Attack

Date: October 28, 2013 • Location: Beijing, China

Members of the Turkistan Islamic Party drove a vehicle into a crowd in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China, killing five people and injuring thirty-eight others.

The Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP) is an Islamic militant organisation founded in Pakistan by Hasan Mahsum, who relocated the organization to Afghanistan following anti-terror crackdowns by the Pakistani government. Its stated goal is to establish an Islamic state in Xinjiang, China, and throughout the rest of Central Asia.