Knife attack in a hospital in China's Yunnan province leaves 2 dead and 21 injured, reminiscent of past incidents in the country

Published: 07 May 2024 at 09:26

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A knife attack at a hospital in China's Yunnan province resulted in 2 deaths and 21 injuries, with a male suspect identified and apprehended. China has faced previous mass stabbing incidents, including attacks at kindergartens and schools, as well as a major attack at a train station in Kunming in 2014. Violence at hospitals is not uncommon in China, where health professionals often face assault from patients or their families due to concerns about costs and treatment standards.

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2014 Kunming attack (Wikipedia)

On 1 March 2014, a group of 8 knife-wielding terrorists attacked passengers in the Kunming Railway Station in Kunming, Yunnan, China, killing 31 people, and wounding 143 others. The attackers pulled out long-bladed knives and stabbed and slashed passengers at random. Four assailants were shot to death by police on the spot and one injured perpetrator was captured. 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. 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. 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.

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