Abdul Shakoor al-Turkistani

Abdul Shakoor al-Turkistani (Arabic: عبد الشکور التركستاني), also known as Abdul Shakoor Damla and Emeti Yakuf (Uyghur: ئەخمەت ياقۇپ, romanized: Exmet Yaqup),^[1] was the emir of the East Turkistan Islamic Party, an Islamist organisation that seeks independence for China's Xinjiang province and for it to become an Islamic state.^[2] In August 2011, Abdul Shakoor reportedly appeared in a video with his face obscured taking responsibility for the 2011 Kashgar attacks and 2011 Hotan attack.^[2]

Abdul Shakoor al-Turkistani
Emir of the Turkistan Islamic Party
In office 2010 – 24 August 2012
Preceded by	Abdul Haq al-Turkistani
Succeeded by	Abdullah Mansour
Personal details
Born	January 24, 1965 China
Died	August 24, 2012 (aged 47) North Waziristan, Pakistan
Military service
Allegiance	East Turkestan Islamic Movement al-Qaeda
Battles/wars	Xinjiang conflict War in North-West Pakistan

Abdul Shakoor reportedly took command of al Qaeda forces in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas in April 2011 after Saif al-Adel left the region, according to the jihadist newspaper Karachi Islam.^[3][4]

Abdul Shakoor was killed in North Waziristan in a CIA drone strike on August 24, 2012.^[1][5]