KUNMING, CHINA – Knife wielding men killed 33 people and wounded an additional 130 people in a train station in Kunming, China.
Authorities shot four suspects and arrested another. They are looking for additional suspects. [contextly_auto_sidebar id=”cPo5abwpO8m3aCDoMNN5IPR366BaW8St”]
According to government sources the attackers are members of a separatist group from the Xingjiang region in northwest China are responsible for the attack. Xinjiang is a largely Muslim area mainly composed of the Uighur minority group.
Large-scale knife attacks are not unprecedented in China. Last year, 27 people died when gangs attacked local government buildings in the Xingjiang region armed with knives. In 2012, a man stabbed 22 children and an adult in an attack on a primary school in the Henan Province.
Private firearms ownership is generally restricted to hunters in China, and, with the exception of those who can hire a private firm, citizens rely entirely on the government for protection. Unfortunately, even in China, the government cannot be everywhere at once to protect its citizens.
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