2014 Kunming attack
| 2014 Kunming attack | |
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A view of Kunming Railway Station
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| Location | Kunming, Yunnan |
| Coordinates | 25°1′3″N 102°43′15″E / 25.01750°N 102.72083°ECoordinates: 25°1′3″N 102°43′15″E / 25.01750°N 102.72083°E |
| Date | 1 March 2014 9:20 pm (China Standard Time) |
| Target | Kunming Railway Station |
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Attack type
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Mass stabbing |
| Deaths | 35 (including four perpetrators) |
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Non-fatal injuries
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143 |
| Perpetrators | East Turkestan Islamic Movement |
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No. of participants
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8 |
In the evening of 1 March 2014, a terrorist attack occurred inside the Kunming Railway Station in Kunming, Yunnan, China. At around 21:20, a group of eight knife-wielding men and women attacked passengers at the city's railway station. Both male and female attackers pulled out long-bladed knives and stabbed and slashed passengers. At the scene, police killed four assailants and captured one injured female. The incident, targeted against civilians, left 31 civilians and 4 perpetrators dead with more than 140 others injured. In the afternoon of 3 March, police announced that the six-man, two-woman group had been neutralized after the arrest of three remaining suspects.
No group or individual stepped forward to claim responsibility for the attack.Xinhua News Agency and the government of Kunming said the attack had been linked to Xinjiang separatist terrorists, with Time and The New York Times also reporting that members of Xinjiang`s Uyghur Muslim community were involved in the attack. Police said they had confiscated a black, hand-painted East Turkestan flag, associated with the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region for which the separatists seek independence, at the scene of the attack.
At 21:20 on 1 March 2014, a group of individuals dressed in black clothes rushed into the square and ticket lobby of Kunming Railway Station and started to attack people indiscriminately. Initial reports indicated there were ten assailants armed with knives and cleavers.
The assailants killed 31 people and injured 143 (including seven policemen). Two security guards employed by the station were among the dead. The wounded were treated at 11 hospitals in Kunming. Police initially attempted to subdue the attackers using tear gas shells but were unable to do so, before shooting four suspects and arresting one. A wounded female suspect was detained at the scene and sent to a hospital.
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