In the past week, Pakistani terrorists plagued the Chinese city of Xinjiang, leaving close to a hundred dead. After training in terror camps in Pakistan, a group of extremists victimized at least twenty people on August 1st. The day before, a food market and downtown area were targeted in Kashgar, a city near the China-Pakistan border. A downtown restaurant was also attacked, resulting in six civilian deaths and fifteen other deaths. The police were able to shoot and kill five of the attackers, who were armed with guns and knives. On Saturday, a truck was hijacked and driven into pedestrians before the attackers vacated the vehicle and attacked onlookers with knives. Eight victims were claimed in that attack and 27 others were injured (The Hindu). .
Officials believe the attackers "had learned skills of making explosives and firearms in overseas camps of the terrorist group East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM) in Pakistan." Disgruntled Uighurs are breaking from the group, receiving training across the border, and then using that training to attack their hometowns. .
"According to the confession of one of the suspects, this group's leader sneaked across the border into Pakistan and received training of making guns and explosives from the Eastern Turkistan Islamic Movement," commented the local government. "Its members all have extreme religious beliefs and are determined to continue the .