2013 Tiananmen Square attack
Terror Attack
On 28 October 2013, a car ran over pedestrians and crashed in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China, in a terrorist suicide attack. Five people died in the incident; three inside the vehicle and two others nearby. Police identified the driver as Usmen Hasan and the two passengers as his wife, Gulkiz Gini, and his mother, Kuwanhan Reyim. An additional 38 people were injured.
Chinese police described it as a "major incident" and as the first terrorist attack in Beijing's recent history. The East Turkestan Islamic Movement, or Turkistan Islamic Party, claimed responsibility and warned of future attacks.
Incident
A 4×4 vehicle crashed into a crowd and burst into flames near the portrait of Mao Zedong at Tiananmen Square. Two tourists, identified as a woman from the Philippines and a male Chinese citizen from Guangdong, were killed during the attack. All three people inside the car were also killed. Thirty-eight other people were injured.
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