Chinese Train Station Massacre

It never ceases to amaze me the amount of senseless violence that occurs in this world. Today a group of over 10 people in black clothes and masks ambushed citizens at random at a train station in China. After a shootout between authorities 29 people were left dead, and 130 people were injured. The interesting part to me comes because in the media this incident is being branded as China's 9/11. One thing they have discovered through the investigation is that the perpetrators originated from Xinjiang, which is the home of the Uighurs, an ethnic group present in Western China. 

The reaction is what truly fascinates me because it is reminiscent of the anti-Japanese sentiment during World War II, and also the post 9/11 view on Islam. According to the article there has been a recent pattern in violence in Xinjiang, but much like most Muslims are not going to fly a plane in to a skyscraper in order to fulfill Jihad, the Uighurs are simple and quiet people who are being persecuted now as a result of their misbehaving terrorist brothers and sisters. It has been reported that even apartment building and condo owners are reporting resident Uighurs to the police even without suspicion. If something doesn't happen to curb the occurrences of violence in China as a whole, the Uighurs and other tribes associated with Chinese revolutionaries will surely run to the aid of the country to preserve their reputation.

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-03-02/after-train-station-attack-labeled-chinas-9-11-a-search-for-culprits-focuses-on-minority-group