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| Five people in China have been stabbed to death and their attacker shot dead by police, authorities have confirmed. | Five people in China have been stabbed to death and their attacker shot dead by police, authorities have confirmed. |
| The deadly attack occurred following a dispute between two street vendors, according to reports from Changsha, leading to one vendor and four passersby being stabbed. | The deadly attack occurred following a dispute between two street vendors, according to reports from Changsha, leading to one vendor and four passersby being stabbed. |
| The knife fight left one of the men dead, police said in a statement. The other fled and slashed four more people while on the run before he was shot dead by police. Two of the four people died at the scene and the other two died in a hospital. | The knife fight left one of the men dead, police said in a statement. The other fled and slashed four more people while on the run before he was shot dead by police. Two of the four people died at the scene and the other two died in a hospital. |
| The identity of the food stall owners was not immediately clear. Online news reports posted early on Friday that said they were Uighurs were later removed. | |
| The killings in Changsha, the capital of Hunan province, come two weeks after a knife attack in another southern city involving members of the ethnic Uighur minority from the far west region of Xinjiang. | The killings in Changsha, the capital of Hunan province, come two weeks after a knife attack in another southern city involving members of the ethnic Uighur minority from the far west region of Xinjiang. |
| Over 10 knife-wielding assailants stormed through a railway station in south-west China in that attack, killing 29 and injuring 143, in what officials said was a terrorist attack by ethnic separatists from the far west of the country. | Over 10 knife-wielding assailants stormed through a railway station in south-west China in that attack, killing 29 and injuring 143, in what officials said was a terrorist attack by ethnic separatists from the far west of the country. |
| Additional reporting by Associated Press | Additional reporting by Associated Press |