In late June 2013, ???knife-wielding??? mobs in Lukqun, Turpan (southeast of Urumqi) attacked a police station, a local government office and a construction site and set fire to cars. 27 people, including 9 policemen and security guards, died in the resulting violence.87 Fan Changlong, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, responded by ordering tightened security measures and intensifi