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Manhunt after terror attack

Total death toll in Kunming assault rises to 29; at least 130 injured


As the death toll from Saturday's terrorist attack at Kunming Railway Station in Yunnan provincerose to 29 and the number of injured topped 130, the search for the perpetrators continued.

On SundayKunming's government said evidence at the scene indicated that the attack wascommitted by terrorists from the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous regionIf soit would be the latest ina string of attacks related to the autonomous regionincluding incidents in January and February.

More than 10 masked peopledressed in identical black outfits and wielding large knives,stabbed and slashed passengers in the station's square and ticket hallThe attack began at 9:20pm on Saturday and lasted about 12 minutesaccording to China Central Television.

Police killed four of the assailants at the sceneTheir identities have yet to be establishedOnewoman was arrested.

There was a heavy police presence at the station on SundayThe bloodstains had been washedaway and passengers had returned to the busy transport hubFlowers had been laid at the baseof a bronze sculpture in the center of the squarePolice had placed unclaimed luggage in acorner of the stationbut some of the owners will never reclaim their belongings.

President Xi Jinping called for intensive efforts to crack down on violent factions and said theattackers would be punished in accordance with the lawHe also praised the work of the policeand medical workersand he paid tribute to the victims of the attackaccording to Xinhua NewsAgency.

Shortly after the attackXi assigned officials - including Meng Jianzhuhead of the Commissionfor Political and Legal Affairs of the Communist Party of China Central Committeeand GuoShengkunminister of public security - to go to Yunnan to guide the operations and visit theinjured and relatives of the dead.

Guo said the police will conduct a thorough investigation and will also crack down on thepossession of knives and firearms to reduce the risk to the public.

Premier Li Keqiang urged police across China to strengthen public security measures at alllevels.

'Anti-humananti-social'

On SundayLyu Xinhuaspokesman for the Second Session of the 12th National Committee ofthe Chinese People's Political Consultative Conferencetold a media briefing that the attackexposed the "anti-human and anti-socialnature of the perpetrators and said they will be severelypunished.


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