On 1 March a group of knife-wielding terrorists attacked the Kunming Railway Station , killing 31 and injuring 141 . China blamed Xinjiang militants for the attack , and over 380 people were arrested in the following crackdown . A captured attacker and three others were charged on 30 June . Three of the suspects were accused of " leading and organising a terror group and intentional homicide " . They did not participate in the attack , since they had been arrested two days earlier . On 12 September , a Chinese court sentenced three people to death and one to life in prison for the attack . The attack was praised by ETIM
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2014 Kunming attack
Xinjiang conflict