Three Chinese separatists who were involved in an a knife attack that killed 31 people at a train station last year have been executed . The three men , Iskandar Ehet , Turgun Tohtunyaz and Hasayn Muhammad were all put to death for their role in the attack at Kuming railway station , which also saw more than 140 people wounded . The Supreme People 's Court confirmed that the executions had taken place after the men were convicted of 'leading a terrorist organisation and intentional homicide ' in September . A police investigator inspects the scene at Kunming railway station in the aftermath of a mass knife attack , which killed 31 people . Three men have now been executed for their role in the attack . The attack also left 141 people injured and Chinese state run media dubbed the incident as 'China 's 9/11 ' China uses both lethal injection and firing squad for executions , but the method used this time was not specified . The attack in Kunming , in the south western province of Yunnan , was dubbed as 'China 's 9/11 ' by state-run media . Dressed in black and wielding long knives and machetes , several assailants stormed the station on March 1 , 2014 seemingly hacking at anyone in sight . Distressing photos circulating online showed bodies , pools of blood and abandoned luggage scattered across the terminal floor in the wake of what authorities termed an 'organised , premeditated , violent terrorist attack ' . A female attacker , Patigul Tohti , was pregnant at the time of her arrest and was sentenced to life in prison . Chinese policemen patrol the area outside the station after the attack . Beijing blamed the attack on 'separatists ' from the resource-rich far western Xinjiang region . Police shot four other assailants dead at the time of incident . Beijing blamed the attack on 'separatists ' from the resource-rich far western Xinjiang region , where at least 200 people have died in attacks and clashes between locals and security forces over the last year . The remote autonomous region , which borders Central Asia , is home to the mostly Muslim Uighur minority . But campaign groups have accused China of preventing the men from having a fair trial . Dilxat Raxit , a spokesman for the Munich-based World Uyghur Congress said : 'China is using the death penalty for political means in order to avoid the root cause of the problem . ' The scene outside the railway station after the attack . Dressed in black and wielding long knives and machetes , several assailants stormed the station on March 1 , 2014 seemingly hacking at anyone in sight . 'The defendants did not get a dignified trial and China used this event to incite discrimination against Uighurs . ' However , China has vowed to step up punishment of 'violent terrorists ' , and is drafting its first-ever anti-terrorism law . Chinese courts convicted 712 people on terrorism-related charges last year , an increase of more than 13 per cent , according to chief justice Zhou Qiang . The country executes more people than the rest of the world combined , according to rights organisations , and put an estimated 2,400 people to death in 2013 .
Iskander Ehet , Turgun Tohtunyaz and Hasayn Muhammad were executed . Comes after their role in a knife attack at Kunming railway station last year . The incident saw masked men kill 31 people with knives and machetes . The attack which injured 141 people was dubbed as 'China 's 9/11 ' Men were convicted of intentional homicide and being in a terrorist group . Comment: