Guangzhou ( AsiaNews / Agencies ) - At least six people were injured this
morning in a train station in Guangzhou (southern province of Guangdong) by a
group of men armed with knives. The
police shot one of the attackers, according to information provided the city's
public security bureau. At the moment there are no details on what happened,
nor the reasons for the attack , which took place five days after the attack on
the Urumqi train station, in the western
region of Xinjiang.
A
picture published on the website of People's Daily shows a crowd of people
evacuated and an ambulance at the scene. The
six injured were taken to hospital for further treatment and investigations are
still ongoing.
This
is the third attack in a train station in the country, after the ones in Kunming and Urumqi. Beijing
considers the separatists in Xinjiang - home to the Uyghur, an ethnic Turkic speaking
peoples who profess Islam - responsible for both.
The
province is one of the most turbulent in all of China: The Uyghurs have always
tried to gain independence from Beijing, who in turn have sent in the millions
of Han Chinese to try to make them the dominant ethnic group . In
addition, the central government imposes severe restrictions on religious
freedom, the practice of Islam, the teaching of the local language and culture.