--- description: A group of knife-wielding men wearing uniforms stormed a train station in southwestern China, leaving at least 27 people dead and over 100 people injured while several of the attackers were shot by police title: Knife-Wielding Men Massacre At Least 27 Chinese Commuters image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0fb380059841b2e5/6986836035ba6f6aebc00b67/2014-03-01t174431z_1803794410_gm1ea320-1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Knife-Wielding Men Massacre At Least 27 Chinese Commuters by [Sam Frizell](/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 2, 2014 4:14 AM CUT  Police investigate after a group of armed men attacked people at Kunming railway station, Yunnan province, March 1, 2014. Police investigate after a group of armed men attacked people at Kunming railway station, Yunnan province, March 1, 2014.REUTERS by [Sam Frizell](/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 2, 2014 4:14 AM CUT A group of knife-wielding men [stormed](http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/knife-wielding-men-attack-sw-china-train-station-22730405 "undefined") a train station in southwestern China on Saturday, leaving at least 27 people dead and over 100 people injured. Several of the attackers were shot by the police in the attack at Kunming Railway Station in Yunnan province, the Associated Press reports, and victims were rushed to local hospitals. The men were wearing uniforms when they stormed the railway station, state media reported. China has seen a series of incidents of mass stabbings by disturbed individual aggressors, but the motive for this apparently organized attack was immediately unclear. \[[AP](http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/knife-wielding-men-attack-sw-china-train-station-22730405 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/11014/china-massacre-commuters/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/11014/china-massacre-commuters/"},"headline":"Knife-Wielding Men Massacre At Least 27 Chinese Commuters","datePublished":"2014-03-02T04:14:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T06:31:44.194Z","description":"A group of knife-wielding men wearing uniforms stormed a train station in southwestern China, leaving at least 27 people dead and over 100 people injured while several of the attackers were shot by police","url":"https://time.com/11014/china-massacre-commuters/","keywords":["China","Attack"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0fb380059841b2e5/6986836035ba6f6aebc00b67/2014-03-01t174431z_1803794410_gm1ea320-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sam Frizell","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0fb380059841b2e5/6986836035ba6f6aebc00b67/2014-03-01t174431z_1803794410_gm1ea320-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Police investigate after a group of armed men attacked people at Kunming railway station, Yunnan province","caption":"Police investigate after a group of armed men attacked people at Kunming railway station, Yunnan province","creditText":"REUTERS","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/11014/china-massacre-commuters/","name":"Knife-Wielding Men Massacre At Least 27 Chinese Commuters"}}]}] ```