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Saturday, March 1, 2014

China horrified as mass stabbings at Kunming rail station leave dozens dead

Unidentified raiders shot by police after 'violent terror attack' at crowded ticket hall in Yunnan province, south-west China      

By Barry Neild and agencies    

The Observer, Saturday 1 March 2014 

China was reeling from what was described as a "violent terror attack" on Saturday in which a knife-wielding gang stabbed 28 people to death and left scores more injured at a railway station.
State media blamed the killings at Kunming in Yunnan province, south-west China, on militants from Xinjiang in the country's restive north-west. "Evidence at the crime scene showed that the Kunming railway station terrorist attack was carried out by Xinjiang separatist forces," the Xinhua news agency said, quoting officials in the city.
Reports said five attackers were shot dead by police following the incident on Saturday evening and another five were being hunted. Unverified photographs circulating on social media appeared to show the blood-soaked bodies of victims lined up on the floor. Other images showed distraught people running away from the station and crowds gathering among police officers and ambulances.

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