On March 2, a group of attackers burst into a railway station in the south-west city of Kunming and began stabbing people at random. Sameer Patil, Associate National Security Fellow, analyses and comments on the situation.
It is likely the The East Turkmenistan Islamist Movement (ETIM) is to blame for this attack. This is the second such attack that has taken place in China in the past 6 months. It is likely that this attack might cause China to take a less insular approach to counter-terrorism efforts.