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Three suspects involved in Saturday's deadly mass knife attack in the Chinese city of Kunming
have been captured, state media report, citing police.
Several men and women burst into the south-western city's railway station stabbing people at
random, leaving 29 dead and wounding more than 130.
Officials have blamed separatists from the Xinjiang region for the attack.
Four attackers were shot dead by police at the scene, officials say. An injured female
suspect was reportedly detained. Citing a statement from the Ministry of Public
Security, Xinhua news agency said six men and two women, led by a person identified
as Abdurehim Kurban, were responsible for the attack.
China's security chief, Meng Jianzhu, has vowed "all-out efforts" to "severely punish
terrorists". Eyewitnesses described horrific scenes on
Saturday, saying that in just 12 minutes attackers used curved swords and meat cleavers to stab
people at random as they rampaged through the station.