Kunming train station massacre

Kunming Central Station (November 2008)

The Kunming Railway Station massacre was a terrorist attack that occurred on the evening of March 1, 2014 in Kunming City, Yunnan Province, southwest China . The result was 34 deaths.

procedure

At 9:20 pm on March 1, 2014, nine people dressed in black, seven men and two women, began to attack people indiscriminately with knives and machetes in the forecourt and in the ticket hall of Kunming Railway Station. The arriving police tried to contain the violence by blocking all three platform levels.

The terrorists killed 29 people and injured 143 (including seven police officers), some seriously. A police officer died from his injuries in hospital on March 2. All of the wounded were taken to eleven local hospitals in Kunming. The police initially tried unsuccessfully to get the attackers under control with tear gas before shooting four perpetrators, including one woman, and arresting another injured woman. The police later arrested three other people on Shangyi Street. The suspect, who was wounded at the scene, was taken to the hospital to have the wounds treated.

After the incident, all trains that were scheduled to stop in Kunming were diverted to other stations until 11:00 p.m. local time . All trains then returned to Kunming station as scheduled. The staff at Kunming Changshui International Airport also called a crisis meeting and tightened security measures while operations continued.

After initially several media of violent incidents in the population Community Dashuying (大树营社区) of the road district Jinma (金马街道) in District Guandu had reported these messages were a little later denied by the local police as "baseless rumors".

The Chinese Red Cross sent a team to Yunnan the next morning to help rescue the injured and offer psychotherapeutic help to the relatives of the victims and shocked eyewitnesses.

On March 2, armed police patrolled the area around Kunming Railway Station. In the early hours of the morning, residents began laying flowers in the square in front of the train station to mourn the dead. At 1:00 p.m., the Kunming police announced the arrest of two, and later three other suspects. Of the nine assassins, five were shot dead and four, one woman and three men, were arrested, including the alleged leader. On September 12, 2014, the three men arrested were sentenced to death and the woman was given a life sentence.

backgrounds

The incident was reported around the world. As the leader of the terrorist group, Abdurëhim Qurban ( Uighur : ئابدۇرېھىم قۇربان, Chinese  阿不都 热 依 木 · 库尔班 , Pinyin Ābùdūrèyīmù · Kù'ěrbān ). The police published photos of the four killed perpetrators and the perpetrator arrested directly at the train station. In connection with the publication of the photos, the suspicion was expressed that the perpetrators could be a command of the Islamic Party of East Turkestan (东突厥斯坦 伊斯兰 运动). A flag of the Uyghur independence movement in the version with Shahāda was discovered at the scene of the crime , as it had been used at times by the Islamic Republic of East Turkestan , which existed in parts of Kashgar from 1933 to 1934 .

This confirms the suspicion, expressed early on by the Chinese authorities, that Uighur separatists were responsible for the act of terrorism.

The Chinese state television spoke of a "violent act of terrorism". President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Li Keqiang offered condolences to the injured and the families of the victims.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ news.ifeng.com
2. ↑ ^{a b} Knife attack in Kunming: Chinese court sentenced three perpetrators to death on Spiegel-Online, September 12, 2014
3. ↑ 昆明 火车站 “3 · 01” 严重 暴力 恐怖 案 成功 告破. Serious terrorist act at Kunming train station on March 1st successfully resolved. Xinhua News Agency, March 3, 2014, accessed March 5, 2014 (Chinese). 
4. ↑ 民警 对 昆明 火车站 实施 三层 封锁. Police blocked three floors of the Kunming Railway Station. Kunming TV K6 Channel, March 1, 2014, accessed March 3, 2014 (Chinese). 
5. ↑ China: "They hacked whoever they could". Die Presse, March 2, 2014, accessed March 2, 2014 . 
6. ↑ 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. Sina News, March 2, 2014, accessed March 3, 2014 (Chinese). 
7. ↑ 目击者: 昆明 警方 使用 催泪 枪 无效 后 击毙 暴徒. Witness: Policemen shot terrorists to dead after tear shells did not work. Sina News, March 2, 2014, accessed March 3, 2014 (Chinese). 
8. ↑ 快讯 ： 昆明 恐 袭 事件 三名 暴徒 街头 被擒. Express: three suspects of Kunming Attack arrested on the street. Phoenix TV - ifeng.com, March 2, 2014, accessed March 3, 2014 (Chinese). 
9. ↑ ^{a b} 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. In: Yunnan Information. March 1, 2014, accessed March 3, 2014 (Chinese). 
10. ↑ 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. China News, March 2, 2014, accessed March 3, 2014 (Chinese). 
11. ↑ 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. Sina News, March 2, 2014, accessed March 3, 2014 (Chinese). 
12. ↑ 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. (No longer available online.) NetEase News March 2, 2014, archived from the original on October 29, 2014 ; Retrieved March 3, 2014 (Chinese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
13. ↑ 昆明 火车站 武警 持枪 执勤. Armed policemen are on duty near the railway station. Sina Photo News, March 2, 2014, accessed March 3, 2014 (Chinese). 
14. ↑ 成都 武警 持枪 在 火车站 执勤 (组图). Armed policy from Chengdu at the railway station (pictured). Sina News, March 2, 2014, accessed March 3, 2014 . 
15. ↑ 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. Sina News, March 2, 2014, accessed March 3, 2014 (Chinese). 
16. ↑ 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. Jinghua Times, March 2, 2014, accessed March 3, 2014 (Chinese). 
17. ^ "China's September 11th" and the war on terror. Die Welt, March 4, 2014, accessed March 5, 2014 . 
18. ↑ China mass stabbing: Deadly knife attack in Kunming. BBC, March 2, 2014, accessed March 4, 2014 . 
19. ↑ 34 dead in attack on train station in China. Der Standard, March 2, 2014, accessed March 4, 2014 . 
20. ↑ 昆明 暴 恐 案 嫌犯 照片 曝光. Photos of suspects in Kunming terrorist attack disclosed. (No longer available online.) 大公 网 March 4, 2014, archived from the original on November 20, 2014 ; Retrieved March 5, 2014 (Chinese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
21. ↑ Flag of East Turkestan with Shahada
22. ↑ 昆明 暴 恐 案 告破 ： 特警 15 秒 内 击毙 4 人 伤 1 人 并 发现 “东突” 旗帜 （多 图）. Terrorist attack in Kunming cleared up: Special policeman shoots four people in 15 seconds, injures another and discovers an "East Turkestan" flag (with several photos). (No longer available online.) Xinhua News Agency, March 4, 2014, archived from the original on July 17, 2014 ; Retrieved March 5, 2014 (Chinese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. The photo of the flag shows the flag, which was probably made by the perpetrators themselves with simple means, from the back, so that the crescent moon with the star and Shahada appear mirror-inverted.  
23. ↑ China separatists blamed for Kunming knife rampage. BBC News, March 2, 2014, accessed March 2, 2014 . 
24. ↑ Several attackers shot dead. ORF, March 1, 2014, accessed on March 1, 2014 . 

Coordinates: 25 ° 1 ′ 1.7 ″  N , 102 ° 43 ′ 15.1 ″  E