2013 Tiananmen Square attack into the matter, but declined to call it a terrorist attack and reiterated American support for Uighur human rights, though Turkistan Islamic Party has been designated as a terrorist organization by the European Union, China, and the United States. 2013 Tiananmen Square attack On 28 October 2013, a car crashed in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China, in what police described as 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
Tiananmen Square self-immolation incident Eight million students joined the ""Anti-Cult Action by the Youth Civilized Communities Across the Nation"". Twelve million children were made to submit writings disapproving of the practice. Within a month of the Tiananmen Square incident, authorities issued a document entitled "The whole story of the self-immolation incident created by Falun Gong addicts in Tiananmen Square", containing colour photographs of charred bodies. The State Council's "Office for the Prevention and Handling of Evil Cults" declared after the event that it was now ready to form a united front with the global anti-cult struggle. Meetings took place in factories, offices, universities and