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Six injured in knife attack at south China station

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IANS Beijing

At least six people were injured Tuesday in a knife attack at a railway station in south China, local authorities said.

The attack happened around 11:30 a.m. in the square of Guangzhou Railway Station, according to police. No reason was attributed for the attack.

Four of the injured, three women and a man, are receiving treatment at the General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Command of the People's Liberation Army, Xinhua reported.

A male suspect with a knife was shot and caught by police.

The attack did not affect railway operations, according to Guangzhou Railway Corporation.

Knife-wielding assailants killed 29 civilians and injured 143 March 1, at a railway station in the southwestern Chinese city of Kunming.

 

Three people were Killed and 79 injured April 30 in a terrorist attack at a railway station in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

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First Published: May 06 2014 | 12:24 PM IST

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