Photos: Terrorist attack in China leaves 33 dead, more than 130 injured

FP Archives • March 2, 2014, 12:16:01 IST

Chinese officials have said that they will seek justice for one of the worst attacks in the country in recent memory.

Police officers investigate the crime scene outside a railway station after an attack by knife wielding men leaving some 27 people dead in Kunming, in southwestern China’s Yunnan province, Saturday March 1, 2014. China’s official Xinhua News Agency says authorities consider the attack by a group of knife-wielding assailants at a train station in southwestern China in which at least 33 people died and more than 130 were injured, to be an act of terrorism. (AP Photo)

Police officers patrol outside a railway station after an attack by knife wielding men left some 33 dead in Kunming, in southwestern China’s Yunnan province, Saturday March 1, 2014. China’s official Xinhua News Agency says authorities consider the Uighur Muslims responsible for the attack and called it an “act of terrorism."(AP Photo)

In this photo taken Saturday March 1, 2014, Chinese police officers gather near what appears to be the body of an assailant who attacked a railway station in Kunming in southwestern China’s Yunnan province. (AP Photo)

The body of a victim is inspected by police officers outside a railway station, after an attack by knife wielding men left 27 dead in Kunming, in southwestern China’s Yunnan province, Saturday March 1, 2014. (AP Photo)

A woman reacts, at the crime scene outside a railway station after an attack, in Kunming, in southwestern China’s Yunnan province, Saturday March 1, 2014. (AP Photo)

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