2014 Kunming attack

Knife attack at Kunming Railway Station in Kunming, Yunnan, China February 2021 the Xinjiang conflict 2014 Kunming attack Kunming Railway Station.jpg A view of Kunming Railway Station Kunming, Yunnan 3·01严重暴力恐怖事件 25 1 3 N 102 43 15 E region:CN-53_type:event inline,title 2014 03 01 y 21:12 21:24 China Standard Time Mass stabbing Knives and cleavers 35 (including four perpetrators) 143 Xinjiang separatistshttps://time.com/11687/deadly-terror-attack-in-southwestern-china-blamed-on-separatist-muslim-uighurs/ Deadly Terrorist Attack in Southwestern China Blamed on Separatist Muslim Uighurs 2 March 2014 8Kunming terrorist attack suspects captured http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-03/03/c_133157281.htm Xinhua News Agency 3 March 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140815222440/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-03/03/c_133157281.htm 15 August 2014 Islamic extremism Terrorism 4 Passengers of Kunming railway station 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.2 March 2014 China separatists blamed for Kunming knife rampage https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-26404566 live https://web.archive.org/web/20140302052348/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-26404566 2 March 2014 2 March 2014 BBC News The attackers pulled out long-bladed knives and stabbed and slashed passengers at random.https://thediplomat.com/2014/03/is-the-kunming-knife-attack-chinas-9-11/ Is the Kunming Knife Attack China's 9-11? The Diplomat 4 March 2014 live https://web.archive.org/web/20140306034201/https://thediplomat.com/2014/03/is-the-kunming-knife-attack-chinas-9-11/ 6 March 2014http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/kunming-train-station-terrorist-attack-leaves-dozens-dead-1.2556302 Kunming train station 'terrorist' attack leaves dozens dead 1 March 2014 CBC News Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 2 March 2014 live https://web.archive.org/web/20140303014126/http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/kunming-train-station-terrorist-attack-leaves-dozens-dead-1.2556302 3 March 2014 Four assailants were shot to death by police on the spot27 dead in knife attack at China train station https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/03/01/knife-men-china-train-station/5924345/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20140301172124/http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/03/01/knife-men-china-train-station/5924345/ 1 March 2014 1 March 2014 USA Today dmy-all and one injured perpetrator was arrested. Police announced on 3 March that the six-man, two-woman group had been neutralized, after the arrest of three remaining suspects. 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.Security Tightened in Kunming After Chinese Train Station Knife Attack http://www.thewire.com/global/2014/03/security-tightened-kunming-after-chinese-train-station-knife-attack/358738/ The Wire 4 March 2014 live https://web.archive.org/web/20140306055422/http://www.thewire.com/global/2014/03/security-tightened-kunming-after-chinese-train-station-knife-attack/358738/ 6 March 2014 3 March 2014 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.Xinhua News Agency: Xinjiang separatists involved in the Kunming attack https://web.archive.org/web/20140317135119/http://news.rti.org.tw/index_newsContent.aspx?nid=487805 17 March 2014 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 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-china-attack-xinjiang-20140301,0,2621490.story dead https://archive.today/20140302000657/http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-china-attack-xinjiang-20140301,0,2621490.story 2 March 2014 1 March 2014 Chicago Tribune Reuters 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.http://news.ifeng.com/mainland/special/kmhczkr/content-2/detail_2014_03/03/34377285_0.shtml zh: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 Phoenix Television 3 March 2014 3 March 2014 zh live https://web.archive.org/web/20140303161131/http://news.ifeng.com/mainland/special/kmhczkr/content-2/detail_2014_03/03/34377285_0.shtml 3 March 2014http://www.gcpnews.com/articles/2014-03-01/C1063_112756.html zh:警方搜出"疆独"分子旗帜和凶器 Police uncovered flag and weapons used by "Xinjiang separatists" 2 March 2014 zh usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20141029132402/http://www.gcpnews.com/articles/2014-03-01/C1063_112756.html 29 October 2014 Attack At 21:12 on 1 March 2014,http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-03/02/c_126208772.htm Xi vows punishment on terrorists, careful rescue for victims Xinhua News Agency 2 March 2014 1 March 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140303235536/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-03/02/c_126208772.htm 3 March 2014 a group of five individuals, all dressed in black clothes and armed with knives and cleavers, rushed into a waiting area of Kunming railway station, attacking people indiscriminately. From their starting point, the group moved separately through the station square, the second ticket area, the ticket main hall, and the small baggage storage area.15 September 2014 “3·01”昆明火车站严重暴恐案当庭宣判3人被判处死刑 检察日报 Witnesses described two of the attackers, who lingered at the ticket counters as a man and a woman, both around 30 years old and 170 cm in height, the former slightly overweight with medium hair and the latter wearing a headscarf.30 June 2014 昆明火车站致29死暴恐案4名被告被提起公诉 新华社 Several people hid in various businesses at the station, which were protected by roller shutters. A post office with five security guards first sheltered 40 people, with the number growing to nearly a hundred by the time the attack was resolved. Chen Fang stated that nearly 200 people were hiding inside her 80 m2 sqft on restaurant for an hour, with many having to stand on tables, chairs, and the kitchen's stoves. Several dozen people shared a hiding spot in the restroom. Xie Lin, a captain of the Kunming Railway Police Station, overheard the commotion from the initial attack and called in an apparent group fight after seeing several injured on the floor. While Xie guided passengers and staff members out, deputy station director Zhang Liyuan arrived in the waiting area, where he confronted one attacker, whom he kept at bay until Xie returned with three other officers, fellow railway policeman Peng Bin, and traffic police Yu Meng and Li Rui. Like Zhang, they were armed only with batons. As the five officers restrained the first attacker, two more armed persons came up behind them. The officers attempted to push back the attackers to the empty parking lot outside, with Zhang shouting "Come here, go chase me, come cut me!" ("来来，来追我，来砍我！"). The trio, two men and one woman, eventually ran off further into the station, with the three railway officers chasing after them. When a security guard ran at the frontmost attacker, Zhang reached for the one in front of him, but this attacker turned around and slashed his left hand, severing his index finger and the top of his thumb. Zhang's attacker joined the second in injuring the intervening security guard before stabbing the other two police officers, Xie in the head and Peng in the abdomen. At 21:19, the three attackers escaped through the bus depot onto Zhanqian Road. Though heavily wounded, the three officers remained in pursuit, being joined by arriving police and passersby.4 March 2014 昆明暴恐事件警察速写：特警果断开枪击毙暴徒-中新网 https://www.chinanews.com.cn/sh/2014/03-04/5905072.shtml 中国新闻 The attack lasted around twelve minutes. According to China Central Television, a four-man SWAT team from the Guandu branch of Kunming Municipal Public Security Bureau was on site within ten minutes of the start of the knife attack.5 March 2014 Officer tells of fight with terrorists http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2014-03/05/content_17322967.htm live https://web.archive.org/web/20160304103135/http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2014-03/05/content_17322967.htm 4 March 2016 China Daily At around 21:35, all five attackers were surrounded at the intersection of Beijing Road and Yongping Road. Police initially attempted to subdue the attackers using tear-gas shells but were unable to do so.2 March 2014 zh:目击者:昆明警方使用催泪枪无效后击毙暴徒 Witness: policemen shot and killed attackers after teargas warnings http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2014-03-02/140229602259.shtml live https://web.archive.org/web/20141029141339/http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2014-03-02/140229602259.shtml 29 October 2014 3 March 2014 Sina News zh The sole member of the team with an automatic weapon shot five of the attackers in rapid succession, killing four of them, after two warning shots were fired.5 March 2014 Police officer in Kunming attack hailed as a hero http://www.stasiareport.com/the-big-story/asia-report/china/story/police-officer-kunming-attack-hailed-hero-2014030 The Straits TimesMarch 2014 A wounded female suspect was detained at the scene and sent to a hospital. Initial response Initial reports had incorrectly indicated ten assailants. China News Service quoted a "Mr. Tan", who remembered seven to eight attackers indiscriminately slashing people regardless of age, even stabbing the wounded on the floor until they were dead. He also saw a police officer carrying a child of about five years of age, with slashed trousers and blood streaming down their legs.2 March 2014 zh:目击者讲述昆明暴力恐怖事件：老人小孩都不放过 Witnesses Describe Kunming's Violent Terrorism Incident: Not Even Seniors and Children Were Spared http://www.chinanews.com/fz/2014/03-02/5898969.shtml live https://web.archive.org/web/20140302002542/http://www.chinanews.com/fz/2014/03-02/5898969.shtml 2 March 2014 2 March 2014 China News Service zh Traveller Zuo Ruoxing, who was travelling with his friend Pan Huabing, also recalled seven or eight men, with one attempting to stab Pan's daughter, though the girl's father ended up taking the fatal injury to the throat. After the incident, all trains originally scheduled to stop at Kunming Station were directed to stop elsewhere until 23:00 on 1 March when services gradually resumed.http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2014-03-01/232729598398.shtml zh:昆明火车站售票进站陆续恢复 The ticket selling and train arrival of Kunming Railway Station are getting normal 1 March 2014 Yunnan Information 3 March 2014 zh live https://web.archive.org/web/20140305142618/http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2014-03-01/232729598398.shtml 5 March 2014 Personnel at the Changshui International Airport also held an emergency meeting and tightened security though they stated that they were operating normally.http://finance.ifeng.com/a/20140302/11780996_0.shtml zh:昆明长水机场提高安保级别 秩序正常 Kunming Changshui Airport tightens its security while operation remains normal 2 March 2014 Phoenix Television 3 March 2014 zh live https://web.archive.org/web/20140302051435/http://finance.ifeng.com/a/20140302/11780996_0.shtml 2 March 2014 There were scattered news reports suggesting that similar attacks occurred in Dashuying (zh-hans 大树营) in the Jinma subdistrict of Kunming, but local police stated that reports of "several places suffering attacks" were only rumors.http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2014-03-02/001629598524.shtml zh:警方称昆明"多地发生暴力事件"系谣传 Police says that reports about "several places in Kunming suffering attacks" are rumors 2 March 2014 Sina News 3 March 2014 zh live https://web.archive.org/web/20141029140838/http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2014-03-02/001629598524.shtml 29 October 2014 Casualties The assailants killed 31 people and injured 143 (including seven policemen). Two security guards, identified by their surnames Liu and Ding, were killed while attempting to subdue the perpetrators.3 March 2014 3月1日夜值得记住的“平民英雄” 新民晚报 The wounded were transported in public buses and treated at 11 hospitals in Kunming.2 March 2014 zh:昆明火车站暴力恐怖案143名伤者中73人重伤 73 civilians were seriously injured among all the 143 wounded during Kunming Railway Station Attack http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2014-03-02/112329601642.shtml live https://web.archive.org/web/20141029140020/http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2014-03-02/112329601642.shtml 29 October 2014 3 March 2014 Sina News zh Aftermath The Red Cross Society of China sent a team to Yunnan in the morning of 2 March to support the Yunnan Red Cross Society in assisting with rescue efforts and to provide counseling to the relatives of victims and shocked civilians.http://news.163.com/14/0302/14/9MBAMB7N00014JB6.html zh:中国红十字会工作组 赴云南处理昆明暴力恐怖事件 Team from the Red Cross Society of China went to Yunnan to deal with the attack 2 March 2014 NetEase News 3 March 2014 zh dead https://web.archive.org/web/20141029174232/http://news.163.com/14/0302/14/9MBAMB7N00014JB6.html 29 October 2014 On 2 March, armed police patrolled the area around Kunming Railway Station.http://slide.news.sina.com.cn/c/slide_1_55674_44919.html zh:昆明火车站武警 持枪执勤 Armed policemen are on duty near the railway station 2 March 2014 Sina Photo News 3 March 2014 zh live https://web.archive.org/web/20140306195305/http://slide.news.sina.com.cn/c/slide_1_55674_44919.html 6 March 2014http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2014-03-02/151329602509.shtml 成都武警持枪在火车站执勤(组图) Armed policemen from Chengdu at the railway station (pictured) 2 March 2014 Sina News 3 March 2014 live https://web.archive.org/web/20140309080333/http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2014-03-02/151329602509.shtml 9 March 2014 In the early morning, locals put flowers on the square in front of the station to mourn the dead.http://slide.news.sina.com.cn/c/slide_1_55674_44917.html zh:昆明市民在火车站广场献花悼念遇难者 Kunming citizens presenting bouquets at the railway station to mourn the dead 2 March 2014 Sina News 3 March 2014 zh live https://web.archive.org/web/20140306195301/http://slide.news.sina.com.cn/c/slide_1_55674_44917.html 6 March 2014 At 13:00, the Kunming Police disclosed information on two suspects, one woman and one man, according to statements of witnesses.http://news.sohu.com/20140302/n395891917.shtml zh:昆明暴恐案：警方公布两名暴徒基本信息 Police publicized the information of two suspects during Kunming attack 2 March 2014 Jinghua Times 3 March 2014 zh live https://web.archive.org/web/20140306045102/http://news.sohu.com/20140302/n395891917.shtml 6 March 2014 In the aftermath of the attack, heavy police presence was noted in Dashuying, a low-income ghetto that houses many of Kunming's Uyghurs,Phillips Tom 3 March 2014 Chinese police 'solve' Kunming massacre https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10673092/Chinese-police-solve-Kunming-massacre.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20140305005259/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10673092/Chinese-police-solve-Kunming-massacre.html 5 March 2014 4 March 2014 The Daily Telegraph and local residents were questioned by police.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-attack-idUSBREA220Z120140303 China train station attack risks driving ethnic wedge deeper Pomfret James Martina Michael 3 March 2014 Reuters live https://web.archive.org/web/20151011062209/http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/03/03/us-china-attack-idUSBREA220Z120140303 11 October 2015 Yunnan's Communist Party Secretary Qin Guangrong said on 4 March that he had allocated sufficient resources to help the victims, who would not have to bear medical costs. Emergency services had processed the injured, and compensation arrangements were being discussed. Qin said that the absence of a clear threat up to that point meant terrorism prevention had not been a high priority in Yunnan. He admitted to inadequacies in resources, policing and intelligence gathering. Investigation On 3 March the Ministry of Public Security announced that police had arrested three suspects and said that an eight-person terrorist group was responsible for the attack,Chinese Police Arrests 3 Suspects over Kunming Terrorist Attack http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/03/chinese-police-arrests-3-suspects-over-kunming-terrorist-attack/ Indo-Asian News Service news.biharprabha.com 3 March 2014 live https://web.archive.org/web/20140314090216/http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/03/chinese-police-arrests-3-suspects-over-kunming-terrorist-attack/ 14 March 2014http://news.ifeng.com/mainland/special/kmhczkr/content-5/detail_2014_03/02/34338646_0.shtml zh:快讯：昆明恐袭事件三名暴徒街头被擒 Express: three suspects of Kunming Terrorist Attack arrested 2 March 2014 Phoenix Television 3 March 2014 zh live https://web.archive.org/web/20140302223246/http://news.ifeng.com/mainland/special/kmhczkr/content-5/detail_2014_03/02/34338646_0.shtml 2 March 2014 with five direct perpetrators and three others involved only in plotting. The attackers were named as Abdurehim Kurban,Abdul Rehim Kurban: ug ئابدۇرېھىم قۇربان Abdurëhim Qurban; 阿卜杜热伊木·库尔班 Ābùdūrèyīmù·Kù'ěrbān Ahmat Abiti,艾合买提·阿比提 Mangshar Shartar,盲沙尔·沙塔尔 Almira Tursun,阿尔米亚·吐尔逊 and Patigul Tohti.帕提古丽·托合提2015-03-24 中国对昆明火车站袭击案三罪犯执行死刑 https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/2015/03/150324_kunming_knife_attackers_executed BBC News zh Kurban was identified as the leader of the group, while Tohti, pregnant at the time of the attack, was the sole surviving member. Voice of America, a news network owned by the United States government, claimed that there had been scant information from official sources as to the identities, or even evidence that the attackers were Uyghurs."Train Station Attackers Were Trying to Leave China for Jihad: Official" . Voice of America (5 March 2014) Qin Guangrong said that the captured wounded suspect had confessed to the crime. He asserted the group, composed of thirteen people, was founded in December 2013, with the goal of participating in jihad abroad.http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2014-03-04/191529621934.shtml zh:昆明车站暴徒原想参加「圣战」辗转多地出不去 Kunming Train Station's Assailants Originally Wanted To Participate in "Holy War", Could Not Leave After Trying in Multiple Places 4 March 2014 China National Radio Sina Corp zh https://web.archive.org/web/20140311050606/http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2014-03-04/191529621934.shtml 11 March 2014 live It's alleged that they consumed material on making explosives and trained themselves to engage in terrorist acts, planning to cooperate with foreign terror groups as well. The group had moved frequently through southern China, including Guangzhou, Zhuhai, Nanyang, and Lanzhou, being last headquartered at a barber shop in Shadian District, Gejiu, Yunnan. After two failed attempts to cross the Chinese border on 24 and 26 February 2014, which resulted in the arrest of three of their members, the group decided to carry out an attack on the railway station of either Geiju or Kunming, purchasing over ten bladed weapons in advance. According to authorities, the group of five attackers departed Shadian in a rented car at 17:30, arriving at Kunming's railway station three hours later. Anonymous sources from Radio Free Asia, another broadcaster that is under the supervision of the U.S. government, seem to confirm that they were Uyghurs, saying the gang most likely originated from a township in Hotan, Xinjiang, where it was claimed that police had violently suppressed a demonstration against the closure of a mosque and the arrest of its imam in June 2013 that ended in 15 dead and 50 injured."China Train Station Attackers May Have Acted 'in Desperation'" https://web.archive.org/web/20160304034511/http://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/desperate-03032014224353.html 4 March 2016 Radio Free Asia (3 March 2014) The sources claimed that after witnessing the capture of fellow Uyghurs attempting to flee China into Laos, the group became desperate because of their lack of identity papers along with being on the run from police. The three people accused of masterminding the attack, Iskandar Ehet, Turgun Tohtunyaz and Hasayn Muhammad, had been arrested on 27 Feb in Shadian, Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan, while attempting to illegally cross the border. The surviving assailant suspect, Patigul Tohti, a pregnant woman, and the three men were tried for and convicted of murder and organizing and leading a terrorist organization in the Kunming City Intermediate People's Court. Tohti was sentenced to life in prison, while Ehet, Tohtunyaz, and Muhammad received death sentences, and were executed on 24 March 2015.https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/03/24/world/asia/ap-as-china-train-station-attack.html China Train Station Attack The New York Times 30 October 2016 live https://web.archive.org/web/20150709150301/http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/03/24/world/asia/ap-as-china-train-station-attack.html 9 July 2015https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-32029430 China executes three over Kunming station attack BBC News 30 October 2016 live https://web.archive.org/web/20161031085505/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-32029430 31 October 2016 24 March 2015 Five others, Yimin Mulla, Yusufu Yasen, Balati Abdusaimaiti, Ali Yimin, and Salam Mamut, were also tried as part of the group in separate proceedings. Reactions October 2023 Domestic After the terrorist attack, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) general secretary Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang assigned Meng Jianzhu, Secretary of the Central Politics and Law Commission, to oversee the investigation. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2014/03/dozens-killed-china-stabbing-spree-20143117454596392.html Separatists accused of China stabbing spree 2 March 2014 2 March 2014 Al Jazeera live https://web.archive.org/web/20140302040330/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2014/03/dozens-killed-china-stabbing-spree-20143117454596392.html 2 March 2014 dmy-all There was some coverage in the regional press; local Kunming Times carried the story on its front page. But the South China Morning Post (SCMP) remarked that the China Central Television evening news programme as well as other national media did not report the attack. Coverage was also scant in the Southern Metropolis Daily in Guangzhou and the Yangtse Evening Post.Chen, Andrea (2 March 2014). "While world reels in shock at Kunming attack, news is notably absent from china's front pages" https://web.archive.org/web/20150924165952/http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1438711/while-world-reels-shock-kunming-attack-news-notably-absent-chinas-front 24 September 2015 . South China Morning Post.https://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-china-stabbing-silence-20140419-story.html China silent on deadly knife attack in Kunming railway station 19 April 2014 Los Angeles Times en-US 12 December 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191212111640/https://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-china-stabbing-silence-20140419-story.html 12 December 2019 live As a result, it became a heavily discussed topic on Chinese social media, where responses ranged from anger and shock to restraint.https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kevintang/chinese-react-to-kunming-station-attacks-with-anger China's Netizens React To Kunming Station Attacks With Anger, Grief BuzzFeed News 3 March 2014 en 12 December 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191212073009/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kevintang/chinese-react-to-kunming-station-attacks-with-anger 12 December 2019 livehttps://books.google.com/books?id=Kf2ZDwAAQBAJ China's Forgotten People: Xinjiang, Terror and the Chinese State Holdstock Nick 13 June 2019 Bloomsbury Publishing 978-1-78831-981-2 enhttp://www.chinafile.com/reporting-opinion/media/enemies-humanity-china-debates-whos-blame-kunming-attack 'Enemies of Humanity' — China Debates Who's to Blame For the Kunming Attack 3 March 2014 ChinaFile en 12 December 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191212111617/http://www.chinafile.com/reporting-opinion/media/enemies-humanity-china-debates-whos-blame-kunming-attack 12 December 2019 live Whilst China Daily noted the appeals by netizens to "stop circulating bloody pictures",http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/2014-03/01/content_17315072.htm 27 dead in Kunming rail station violence 1 March 2014 Xinhua News Agency China Daily live https://web.archive.org/web/20160304104446/http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/2014-03/01/content_17315072.htm 4 March 2016 microblogged and social media-hosted images of the carnage were swiftly deleted by censors. Several Sina Weibo users also referred to the incident as our "9-11"; and the CCP-owned tabloid Global Times echoed the sentiment with a headline titled, "Nothing justified civilian slaughter in China's '9-11'".Tiezzi, Shannon (4 March 2014). "Is the Kunming Knife Attack China's 9-11?" https://web.archive.org/web/20140306034201/https://thediplomat.com/2014/03/is-the-kunming-knife-attack-chinas-9-11/ 6 March 2014 . The Diplomat.https://time.com/11687/deadly-terror-attack-in-southwestern-china-blamed-on-separatist-muslim-uighurs/ Deadly Terrorist Attack in Southwestern China Blamed on Separatist Muslim Uighurs Beech Hannah 1 March 2014 Time live https://web.archive.org/web/20140307104405/http://time.com/11687/deadly-terror-attack-in-southwestern-china-blamed-on-separatist-muslim-uighurs/ 7 March 2014 Jin Canrong of Renmin University suggested the way forward would be to de-emphasise Uyghur ethnicity and try to instill a greater sense of "Chineseness", stressing equal obligations and rights as Chinese citizens, while Barry Sautman, a China expert at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, suggested widening the preferential policies and granting Xinjiang Uyghurs greater autonomy. The SCMP suggested the attack had taken place at the most politically sensitive time of year, which was on the eve of the second session of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Lü Xinhua, spokesman for the conference, denounced the attack as a serious violent terrorist attack planned and organized by terrorist elements from Xinjiang. http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2014-03/02/content_17315688.htm China Daily 2 March 2014 China to severely punish terrorist attackers: spokesman live https://web.archive.org/web/20140302174117/http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2014-03/02/content_17315688.htm 2 March 2014 dmy-all This assertion has been echoed by officials in Kunming. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1438306/34-dead-130-injured-knife-attack-kunming-railway-station One female suspect in custody after 33 are killed in Kunming station massacre Teddy Ng 2 March 2014 live https://web.archive.org/web/20140302080752/http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1438306/34-dead-130-injured-knife-attack-kunming-railway-station 2 March 2014 dmy-all 2 March 2014 A Legal Daily video clip that broadcast on CCTV News on 3 March featured an interview with the SWAT marksman who was responsible for shooting five of the attackers and applauded his heroism. The officer said that as the assailants rushed towards him ignoring warning shots fired, he shot the five in about 15 seconds "without thinking". Sautman said that the government may have wanted to "show that there was also successful resistance to terrorists and to put a human face on that resistance." Western media coverage Following the event, many major Western media outlets covered the event with quotation marks around the word "terrorism," some in the article's headline, some in the body, and some in both.People's Daily Online, 4 March 2014 "Western media coverage of Kunming's terror attack shows sheer mendacity and heartlessness" https://web.archive.org/web/20140927053343/http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/98649/8553601.html 27 September 2014 , 4 March 2014.Dawn, Yiqin Fu, 5 March 2014 "Chinese are angry at western media's portrayal of the Kunming attack", 5 March 2014. China accused Western commentators of hypocrisy and double standards on terrorism.BBC News, Kunming, John Sudworth, 3 March 2014 "Shock and anger after Kunming brutality" https://web.archive.org/web/20141012162751/http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-china-blog-26380542 12 October 2014 , 3 March 2014. Chinese citizens followed that with criticism against the United States government for refusing to identify the attack as a terrorist attack, with some comparing it against the Chinese response to the Boston Marathon bombing.https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1439338/chinese-netizens-slam-us-refusing-call-kunming-attack-terrorist-act Chinese netizens slam US for refusing to call Kunming attack a 'terrorist act' | South China Morning Post Scmp.com 30 October 2016 live https://web.archive.org/web/20160923035240/http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1439338/chinese-netizens-slam-us-refusing-call-kunming-attack-terrorist-act 23 September 2016 3 March 2014 The People's Daily, the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, accused Western media of ambivalence and failing to state unequivocally that the attack was an act of terrorism, saying, "These media are always the loudest when it comes to anti-terrorism, but in the Kunming train station terrorist violence they lost their voice and spoke confusedly, making people angry," and named American news outlets CNN, The Associated Press, The New York Times and The Washington Post as examples. CNN removed the quotation marks on 2 March, one day after the event, describing it as "deadly Kunming terror attacks".Jiang Steven http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/02/world/asia/china-kunming-attack-families/index.html Families reel, witnesses haunted after China's deadly Kunming attacks CNN.com 2 March 2014 30 October 2016 live https://web.archive.org/web/20170519131521/http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/02/world/asia/china-kunming-attack-families/index.html 19 May 2017 Watkins Tom http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/02/world/asia/china-railway-attack/index.html China train station killings described as a terrorist attack CNN.com 2 March 2014 30 October 2016 live https://web.archive.org/web/20160305135026/http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/02/world/asia/china-railway-attack/index.html 5 March 2016 International The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Security Council separately condemned the attack. http://www.brecorder.com/top-news/1-front-top-news/160339-un-chief-slams-terrible-attack-at-chinese-railway-station.html UN chief slams 'terrible' attack at Chinese railway station 2 March 2014 2 March 2014 Business Recorder live https://web.archive.org/web/20150923225816/http://www.brecorder.com/top-news/1-front-top-news/160339-un-chief-slams-terrible-attack-at-chinese-railway-station.html 23 September 2015 dmy-all https://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=47256&Cr=China&Cr1= Security Council condemns the terrorist attack at Chinese train station Kunming 'in the strongest terms' 9 March 2014 live https://web.archive.org/web/20140508003824/http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=47256&Cr=China&Cr1= 8 May 2014 dmy-all Many countries condemned the attack, and expressed their deepest sympathy and condolences.Tatlow, Didi Kirsten http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/03/u-n-security-council-condemns-terrorist-attack-in-kunming/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0 U.N. Security Council Condemns 'Terrorist Attack' in Kunming The New York Times 3 March 2014 3 March 2014 live https://web.archive.org/web/20170518225352/https://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/03/03/u-n-security-council-condemns-terrorist-attack-in-kunming/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0 18 May 2017 http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-03/03/c_133154365.htm UN Security Council slams terrorist attack in southwest China 3 March 2014 3 March 2014 Xinhuanet dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160204195435/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-03/03/c_133154365.htm 4 February 2016 dmy-all http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-03/02/c_133154326.htm International community condemns terrorist attack in China Xinhua News Agency 2 March 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140330212748/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2014-03/02/c_133154326.htm 30 March 2014 Dilxat Rexit, a spokesman for the World Uyghur Congress, deplored the attacks, and urged the Chinese government to "ease systematic repression". https://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/03/chinas-latest-knife-attack-raises-questions.html China's Latest Knife Attack Raises Security Questions Delia Paunescu 2 March 2014 2 March 2014 New York live https://web.archive.org/web/20140303092802/http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/03/chinas-latest-knife-attack-raises-questions.html 3 March 2014 dmy-all The Diplomat pointed to use of the comparison to 9–11 as referring not so much to the scale of the attack but the effect that this would have on the nation's psyche, saying "there are hints that it may have a similar effect on the way China conceptualizes and deals with terrorism". An academic at the National University of Singapore warned of a very significant impact of the incident on the Chinese public as the attack took place in the heart of China, and not at the periphery, making the people more inclined to support the adoption of a more hard-line approach towards Xinjiang or Uyghurs, thus accelerating the cycle of repression and violence.AFP (2 March 2014). " Crackdown after China killings may backfire, say experts" https://web.archive.org/web/20140308192138/http://www.timesofoman.com/News/Article-30536.aspx 8 March 2014 . Times of Oman.Saint-Paul, Patrick (3 March 2014). "Pékin sous le choc du «11 Septembre chinois»" https://web.archive.org/web/20140309003812/http://www.lefigaro.fr/international/2014/03/03/01003-20140303ARTFIG00157-pekin-sous-le-choc-du-11-septembre-chinois.php 9 March 2014 . Le Figaro fr Rebiya Kadeer, President of the World Uyghur Congress, called on the Chinese government to rationally handle the attacks and "not to demonize Uighur people as enemies of the state". The Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang responded by condemning the WUC as "an anti-China separatist organization", saying that the WUC "cannot represent Uyghur people" and that Kadeer "showed her ulterior political motive by linking the terrorist incidents at Kunming together with a particular ethnic group".4 March 2014 中国外交部：世维会代表不了中国维族人 https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/03/140304_china_denounce_group dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140307140310/http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2014/03/140304_china_denounce_group.shtml 7 March 2014 BBC News 中文 The Daily Telegraph mentioned that this was the first time Uyghurs had been blamed for carrying out an attack of such magnitude outside of Xinjiang. Adjunct professor of Sinology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong Willy Lam said that official figures indicate violent conflicts appear to be on the increase. He suggested the absence of a mechanism for airing grievances and dialogue between the aggrieved and the authorities is contributing to the increase in those resorting to violence.Keating, Fiona (2 March 2014). "Kunming Massacre: Who are Xinjiang Separatists China Blames for Attack?" https://web.archive.org/web/20140305103348/http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/kunming-massacre-who-are-xinjiang-separatists-china-blames-attack-video-1438542 5 March 2014 [VIDEO]. International Business Times. The Analects column of The Economist asserted that although the alleged group leader's name suggests he may be a Uyghur, this would be difficult to verify in a country where media are state-controlled and officials tightly control information flows. It responded to Chinese commentators who criticised outsiders for not immediately accepting official Chinese assertion of an act of politically motivated terrorism by Xinjiang separatists by saying: "But China, which prefers to play down the role of its policies in Xinjiang in generating discontent, has long sought to discredit its Uygur critics by linking them to terrorism".Terror in Kunming https://www.economist.com/blogs/analects/2014/03/deadly-knife-attack 4 March 2014 The Economist live https://web.archive.org/web/20140303182741/http://www.economist.com/blogs/analects/2014/03/deadly-knife-attack 3 March 2014 The Economist also mentioned "Chinese oppression in Xinjiang" that "hit at the heart of Uighur identity" as a factor in the escalating violence, including: "students are banned from fasting during Ramadan, religious teaching for children is restricted, and Uighur-language education is limited"."China's restless West: The burden of empire" https://web.archive.org/web/20170223045739/http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21598647-after-brutal-attack-china-communist-party-needs-change-its-policies-towards 23 February 2017 . The Economist Yet according to Dawn, China only discourages fasting for Uygur Muslims and encourages people to eat properly for study and work but authorities "don't force anyone to eat during Ramadan".Associated Press https://www.dawn.com/news/739445/china-discourages-fasting-for-uighur-muslims China discourages fasting for Uighur Muslims Dawn Pakistan 3 August 2012 live https://web.archive.org/web/20140309113252/http://www.dawn.com/news/739445/china-discourages-fasting-for-uighur-muslims 9 March 2014 Rohan Gunaratna, a terrorism expert at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, said there had been intelligence failure. He estimated that "in the last 12 months there have been over 200 attacks [in Xinjiang], maybe even more. It is getting worse".Jacobs, Andrew; Buckley, Chris (2 March 2014). "China Blames Xinjiang Separatists for Stabbing Rampage at Train Station" https://web.archive.org/web/20170219083126/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/03/world/asia/china.html 19 February 2017 . The New York Times Aftermath The family members of 3 of the killed security personnel each received 690,000 renminbi in compensation. For the safety of their families, the identities of 15 victims who attempted to prevent the terrorist attack were anonymized.2015-03-01 昆明暴恐一周年祭：为保护个人及家庭，15位英模姓名未公布 https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1306729 The paper Effects on Chinese police The 2014 Kunming attack was cited by Shanghai police as one of the main reasons that police in Shanghai were allowed to patrol with personal firearms.2014-04-21 上海上千民警今起配枪巡逻 特殊情况可直接开枪 In Shanghai over 1000 sworn officers now carry firearms - In special situations [they] will open fire http://politics.people.com.cn/n/2014/0421/c1001-24919599.html 2025-07-16 People's Daily Online See also List of massacres in China List of mass stabbings by death toll Notes References 30em China Category:Xinjiang conflict Category:Attacks in China in 2014 Category:Organized events in Yunnan Category:2014 mass murders Category:Mass stabbings in China Category:Terrorist incidents in China in 2014 Category:Terrorist incidents in China Category:Terrorist incidents involving knife attacks in China Category:Stabbing attacks in 2014 Category:Deaths by stabbing in China Category:Attacks on railway stations in Asia Category:Turkistan Islamic Party Category:March 2014 in China Category:Massacres in China Category:Terrorist incidents on railway systems in Asia Category:2014 murders in China Category:21st century in Kunming Category:21st-century mass murders in China