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2014 Kunming attack
A view of Kunming Railway Station
Kunmingclass=notpageimage| Location of Kunming in Yunnan
Location	Kunming, Yunnan, China
Coordinates	25°1′3″N 102°43′15″E / 25.01750°N 102.72083°E / 25.01750; 102.72083
Date	1 March 2014
Target	Kunming Railway Station
Attack type	Knife attack
Deaths	34 (including 5 perpetrators)
Injured	130
Perpetrators	10+ Uyghurs

On 1 March 2014, an unidentified group of knife-wielding men and women attacked people at the Kunming Railway Station in the city of Kunming in Yunnan province, south-western China. At least 29 people were killed and 130 others were injured.

The attack occurred at about 9:20 p.m., with at least ten attackers. According to local media, at least five attackers, dressed in black, were shot dead by the police. A later report linked the attack to Xinjiang militants.

Reaction

After the attack, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party and Li Keqiang, Premier of Chinese Government, assigned Meng Jianzhu, secretary of the Central Politics and Law Commission and Guo Shengkun, Minister of Public Security, to go to Yunnan to guide work and visit injured civilians and relatives of the victims.

Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations, strongly condemned the attack, noting that "there is no justification for the killing of innocent civilians and hopes that those responsible will be brought to justice".

See also

• Terrorism in China
• Xinjiang conflict

References

1. "Unidentified Assailant kills 27 at Kunming Railway Station in China". IANS. news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
2. "Xinhua Insight: At least 29 dead, 130 injured in Kunming railway station violence". xinhuanet.com. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
3. "Xi vows punishment on terrorists, careful rescue for victims". Xinhua News Agency. 2014-03-02. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
4. "27 dead in knife attack at China train station". USA Today. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
5. "28 dead in Kunming rail station violence". China Daily. 2014-03-01. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
6. Blanchard, Ben (2014-03-01). "China blames Xinjiang militants for station attack". Reuters. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
7. "New York, 1 March 2014 - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on China". United Nations. 2014-03-01. Retrieved 2014-03-02.

• 2014 in China
• History of Yunnan
• Mass murder in 2014
• Terrorist incidents in 2014
• Terrorist incidents in China
• Xinjiang conflict