Xincheng Incident

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Xincheng Incident
Date November 1896 Location Shinjō, Tainan Prefecture, Japanese Taiwan (modern-day Xincheng, Hualien County, Taiwan) Result Truku's victory
Belligerents
Truku Tribe	Empire of Japan
Commanders and leaders
Haruq Nawi	Hiroshi Yuji
Strength
20	21
Casualties and losses
Unknown	13[1]

The Xincheng Incident (Chinese: 新城事件) is an event that took place in 1896 in the city of Shinjō (present-day Xincheng), Tainan Prefecture, Taiwan, Empire of Japan. The chief of the Truku tribe, Haruq Nawi, led 20 aboriginal warriors against the Japanese forces, killing 13 Japanese soldiers.^[2]