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Knife attack at south China station | Knife attack at south China station |
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At least six people have been injured in a knife attack at a station in Guangzhou, Chinese officials say. | |
Police shot one of the attackers, a statement from the city's public security bureau said. | Police shot one of the attackers, a statement from the city's public security bureau said. |
There is no information yet on the motivation for this attack, but it comes a week after an attack on a station in Urumqi, in the western region in Xinjiang. | |
It also follows an attack at Kunming station in March that killed 29 people. | |
Chinese authorities have blamed both these attacks on separatists from the Muslim Uighur minority group, which lives in Xinjiang. | |
An image posted by the People's Daily showed crowds evacuated from the station and an ambulance at the scene. | An image posted by the People's Daily showed crowds evacuated from the station and an ambulance at the scene. |
In a statement on the public security bureau's official microblog, police said they arrived at the station at 11:30 on Tuesday. | |
They shot a male suspect armed with a knife after he failed to heed warnings, they said. | |
The six injured people had been taken to hospital for further treatment, they said, and further investigations were underway. | |
Are you in Guangzhou? How have you been affected by the attack? You can email your experiences to haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk, using the subject line 'Guangzhou attack'. |