ETIM terrorist behind Xinjiang railway station attack  

"东伊运"境外策划指挥乌鲁木齐火车南站暴恐袭击案

“东伊运”成员伊斯玛依力·玉素普在境外策划针对乌鲁木齐的暴恐袭击。今年4月22日，其下达指令，指挥疆内艾合买提·热西提等10名同伙进行任务分工，制作爆炸装置，选定袭击目标。4月30日19时10分许，色地尔丁·沙吾提、麦麦提阿卜杜拉·艾提两名暴徒在乌鲁木齐火车南站实施爆炸身亡。其余8名团伙成员全部被抓获。 [查看全文]

Terrorist group the East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM) was behind the attack that killed three people and injured 79 others at a train station in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, last month, authorities said on Sunday.

According to the region's publicity department, the attack was planned by ETIM member Ismail Yusup outside China. On April 22, he ordered 10 partners in Xinjiang to prepare to strike.

The 10 set off explosives and slashed people with knives at the exit of the South Railway Station of Urumqi at around 7:10 p.m. on April 30. Two members of the mob, Saderdin Sawut and Memetabudula Ete, were killed by the explosion, and the eight others were caught by police.

Investigation shows that the main members of the gang started to preach Islamic extremism in 2005. Ismail Yusup fled abroad after becoming wanted by police for making explosives, and joined the ETIM in 2013.

Police are hunting Ismail Yusup in cooperation with the International Criminal Police Organization.