Back هجوم كونمينغ Arabic Massakren i Kunming 2014 Danish Massaker im Bahnhof Kunming German Atentado en Kunming de 2014 Spanish Kunmingin joukkomurha 2014 Finnish Attentat de la gare de Kunming French פיגוע הדקירות בקונמינג HE Serangan Kunming 2014 ID Attentato alla stazione ferroviaria di Kunming Italian 2014年昆明駅暴力テロ事件 Japanese
| 2014 Kunming attack | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Xinjiang conflict | |
 A view of Kunming Railway Station | |
| Location | Kunming, Yunnan |
| Coordinates | 25°1′3″N 102°43′15″E / 25.01750°N 102.72083°E |
| Date | 1 March 2014 21:20 (China Standard Time) |
| Target | Passengers of Kunming railway station |
Attack type | Knife attack |
| Deaths | 35 (including four perpetrators) |
| Injured | 143 |
| Perpetrators | Xinjiang separatists[1] |
No. of participants | 8[2] |
| Motive | Islamic extremism[3] |
| Convicted | 4 |
On 1 March 2014, a group of 8 knife-wielding terrorists attacked passengers in the Kunming Railway Station in Kunming, Yunnan, China, killing 31 people, and wounding 143 others.[3] The attackers pulled out long-bladed knives and stabbed and slashed passengers at random.[4][5] Four assailants were shot to death by police on the spot[6] and one injured perpetrator was captured. Police announced on 3 March that the six-man, two-woman group had been neutralized after the arrest of three remaining suspects.[2][7]
No group claimed responsibility for the attack and no ties to any organization have been identified, in effect the group was a singular terror cell.[8] Xinhua News Agency and the government of Kunming said that the attack had been linked to Sunni extremists which were a faction of Xinjiang separatists.[9][3][10] Police said that they had confiscated a black, hand-painted East Turkestan flag at the scene, which is associated with the Uyghur separatists from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.[11][12]
- ^ "Deadly Terrorist Attack in Southwestern China Blamed on Separatist Muslim Uighurs". 2 March 2014.
- ^ a b "Kunming terrorist attack suspects captured". Xinhua News Agency. Archived from the original on 15 August 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
- ^ a b c "China separatists blamed for Kunming knife rampage". BBC News. 2 March 2014. Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
- ^ "Is the Kunming Knife Attack China's 9-11?". The Diplomat. Archived from the original on 6 March 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
- ^ "Kunming train station 'terrorist' attack leaves dozens dead". CBC News. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 1 March 2014. Archived from the original on 3 March 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
- ^ "27 dead in knife attack at China train station". USA Today. Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
- ^ Phillips, Tom (3 March 2014). "Chinese police 'solve' Kunming massacre". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 5 March 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
- ^ "Security Tightened in Kunming After Chinese Train Station Knife Attack". The Wire. 3 March 2014. Archived from the original on 6 March 2014. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
- ^ Xinhua News Agency: Xinjiang separatists involved in the Kunming attack Archived 17 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine 新華社：昆明案涉新疆分離勢力 (Chinese)
- ^ Blanchard, Ben (1 March 2014). "China blames Xinjiang militants for station attack". Chicago Tribune. Reuters. Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
- ^ 外交部：昆明暴恐事件现场确实发现了"东突"旗帜 [Ministry of Foreign Affairs: "East Turkestan" flag found at the scene of Kunming terrorist attack] (in Chinese). Phoenix Television. 3 March 2014. Archived from the original on 3 March 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
- ^ 警方搜出"疆独"分子旗帜和凶器 [Police uncovered flag and weapons used by "Xinjiang separatists"] (in Chinese). 2 March 2014. Archived from the original on 29 October 2014.