Cika wannan jumla: A watan Yulin 2009,
Rikicin ya barke a Xinjiang sakamakon wata mummunar rikici tsakanin Uyghur da ma'aikatan Han na kasar Sin a wani masana'anta wanda ya yi sanadiyar mutuwar mutane sama da dari. Bayan tashin hankali, 'yan ta'addan Uyghur sun kashe dubban' yan China Han a cikin hare-haren da aka shirya daga 2009 zuwa 2016. Waɗannan sun haɗa da hare-haren sirinji na watan Agusta 2009, harin bam da wuka na 2011 a Hotan, harin wuka na Maris 2014 a tashar jirgin ƙasa ta Kunming, harin bam da wuka na Afrilu 2014 a tashar jirgin ƙasa ta Ürümqi, da harin mota da bam na Mayu 2014 a cikin kasuwar titin Ürümqi. An kai hare-haren ne daga masu rabuwa na Uyghur, tare da wasu da Jam'iyyar Musulunci ta Turkistan ta shirya (kungiyar ta'addanci ta Majalisar Dinkin Duniya, wacce a da ake kira Harkar Musulunci ta Gabashin Turkistan).