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In 1990, the Uighurs, Kirghiz and Kazakhs of Eastern Turkestan again rose up against Chinese rule. In April in the remote town of Akto, more than 1000 residents, furious at not being allowed to build a mosque, took to the streets. More than 60 people were killed in clashes with Chinese troops during the first day. China claims that it has been fighting insurgent violence or terrorism ever since the Baren [Barin] Township riot on April 5, 1990, in which as many as 56,000 people were killed. In July 1990 the authorities in Xinjiang announced the arrest of 70,900 people in a crackdown on "criminal activities of ethnic splittists and other criminal offenders." Turkish counter guerrillas such as the Grey Wolves fought in Baren also