Sunday, 2 March 2014

Knife-wielding terror gang attack train station in China killing 33



A knife-wielding terror gang, consisting of eight men and two women, attacked people at a Chinese Railway station on Friday February 28th, killing at least 33 people and injuring 143 others, according to state TV.
The gang launched the horrific attack at Kunming railway station in Yunnan province at around 9pm local time on Friday, in what the Chinese government have described as 'an organised, premeditated, violent terrorist attack'. Four of the attackers were killed by police. 

Photos which were posted online by survivors who took photos of the carnage, showed dead bodies, pools of blood and abandoned luggage scattered across the terminal floor after the attack. 
With 33 dead, this attack is one of the deadliest in recent Chinese history. Continue to see the photos but it's very graphic. *viewer discretion advised*

Distressing: Photos circulated widely on the internet showed a line-up of bodies on the station floor surrounded by medical equipment. The majority of the photos are too graphic to publish
 Horror: Photos shared on the Chinese micro-blogging site Weibo showed bodies strewn across the floorEmergency: Medics were still treating people in the station hours after the attack, said a Chinese news agencyVictims: A communist party official visits some of the victims of the horrific attackBrutal: State TV in China today reported that two of the attackers were women

Emergency: Authorities branded the incident a 'violent terrorist attack'
Chaos: Authorities swoop in after the mass stabbing yesterday


Guarded: Armed police could be seen outside the station today in the wake of the attackAbandoned: Travel bags surrounded by blood lie strewn across then floor of the terminal, protected by policeCarnage: The attack was described as a 'violent terror attack' by state televisionBody: One of the reported attackers who was shot dead by police in the standoff in south west China
One of the terrorist killed by police pictured above

Torn apart: A boy with a victim of the attack in hospital. More than 100 people were injured and 28 killed
The Chinese government have blamed the attack on militants from the remote far western region of Xinjiang, which is home to tensions between the government and Muslim separatists, Xinhua News Agency reports.
'Evidence at the crime scene showed that the Kunming Railway Station terrorist attack was carried out by Xinjiang separatist forces.'
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