Kunming terrorist attack suspects captured

Picture taken by mobile phone on March 1, 2014 shows luggage scattered inside the Kunming Railway Station in Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan province. (Xinhua/Lin Yiguang)

Chinese police said Monday three suspects involved in the terrorist attack in the southwestern city of Kunming had been captured.

The Ministry of Public Security said in a statement that the terrorist gang of eight members led by Abdurehim Kurban was responsible for the attack.

Police shot and killed four of them and captured an injured female at the scene on Saturday night, the statement said.

The knife-wielding attackers slashed frantically at crowds at a railway station in Kunming of southwest China's Yunnan province on Saturday, killing 29 people and injuring 143.

At least 29 dead, 130 injured in Kunming railway station violence

Twenty-nine civilians were confirmed dead and more than 130 others injured Saturday in a railway station attack in southwest Chinese city of Kunming, authorities said.