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2014 Kunming attack

On 1 March 2014, a group of five knife-wielding terrorists attacked passengers in the Kunming Railway Station in Kunming, Yunnan, China, killing 31 people, and wounding 143 others. The attackers pulled out long-bladed knives and stabbed and slashed passengers at random. Four assailants were shot to death by police on the spot and one injured perpetrator was arrested.

2014 Kunming attack
2014 Kunming attack · 40fifw0, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
1 Mar 2014
Where
Kunming railway station
Era
Contemporary

Topics

China1,046 BCE – today

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