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China mass stabbing: Deadly knife attack in Kunming China mass stabbing: Deadly knife attack in Kunming
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An attack by knife-wielding men at a railway station in Kunming in south-west China has left at least 28 dead, the state news agency Xinhua says. An attack by knife-wielding men at a railway station in Kunming in south-west China has left at least 29 dead, the state news agency Xinhua says.
Nothing is known so far about the motivation behind the attack, in which 113 people are said to have been hurt. Another 130 people were wounded in what authorities described as an "organised, premeditated, violent terrorist attack".
However, authorities described it as an "organised, premeditated, violent terrorist attack". Four suspects were shot dead and others are being sought, Xinhua said.
Five suspects were shot dead but their identities have not been confirmed, Xinhua said. City officials said evidence implicated militants from the western region of Xinjiang, but this was not verified.
Pools of bloodPools of blood
Witnesses said that the men attacked people at random. Witnesses said that the men, who were mostly dressed in black, attacked people at random.
A survivor named Yang Haifei, who was wounded in the back and chest, told Xinhua he had been buying a train ticket when the attackers, most of them dressed in black, rushed into the station. A survivor named Yang Haifei, who was wounded in the back and chest, told Xinhua he had been buying a train ticket when the attackers rushed into the station.
"I saw a person come straight at me with a long knife and I ran away with everyone," he said."I saw a person come straight at me with a long knife and I ran away with everyone," he said.
He added that those too slow to flee were cut down.He added that those too slow to flee were cut down.
Some who escaped were desperately looking for missing loved ones.Some who escaped were desperately looking for missing loved ones.
Yang Ziqing told Xinhua she and her husband had been waiting for a train to Shanghai "when a knife-wielding man suddenly came at them".Yang Ziqing told Xinhua she and her husband had been waiting for a train to Shanghai "when a knife-wielding man suddenly came at them".
"I can't find my husband, and his phone went unanswered," she said."I can't find my husband, and his phone went unanswered," she said.
Social media users in China posted pictures of the attack on the internet, but correspondents say they are being taken down.Social media users in China posted pictures of the attack on the internet, but correspondents say they are being taken down.
Images seen by the BBC show men and women lying on the floor in pools of blood following the attack.Images seen by the BBC show men and women lying on the floor in pools of blood following the attack.
Kunming officials, quoted by Xinhua, later said that evidence at the scene showed it was "a terrorist attack carried out by Xinjiang separatist forces".
Xinjiang is home to the Muslim Uighur minority group which has a long history of discord with Chinese authorities.
State broadcaster CCTV said top security official Meng Jianzhu would travel to Kunming to oversee the handling of the investigation.State broadcaster CCTV said top security official Meng Jianzhu would travel to Kunming to oversee the handling of the investigation.
President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang have sent condolences to the victims and their families, the channel added.President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang have sent condolences to the victims and their families, the channel added.
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