By Mark Stone, China Correspondent
At least 28 people have been killed and 109 wounded in a mass stabbing at a Chinese railway station.
According to Chinese state media, the attack at Kunming train station in the country's southwestern Yunnan province was "organised and premeditated".
Reports from the city suggest a group of people armed with knives entered the train station at about 9pm local time on Saturday and attacked travellers with knives indiscriminately.
Photos on Chinese social media show horrific scenes with blooded bodies and luggage strewn across the station concourse.
One local resident, Yang Haifei, told China's Xinhua news agency he was attacked and sustained injuries on his chest and back.
Mr Yang said he was buying a ticket when he saw a group of people, most dressed in black, rush into the station and start their attack.
"I saw a person come straight at me with a long knife and I ran away with everyone," he said.
Police have sealed off the area around the station Unconfirmed reports suggest police shot and killed some of the attackers and detained others.
Chinese police are not routinely armed which may explain why the perpetrators were able to attack so many people before being stopped.
According to eyewitness reports seen by Sky News, there is tension across Kunming amid concern that further attacks may be planned at other locations in the city.
Train stations in Chinese cities are vast and usually extremely busy.
The motive for the attack is not clear. One suggestion is that it is the result of a local social grievance.
Police shot some of the attackers, say reports However, the number of attackers and their intent to kill may point to something different.
It is possibly linked to China's volatile Xinjiang province in the far west of the country.
Extreme elements of the Muslim population who live there have carried out attacks in the past - most recently in Beijing's Tiananmen Square last year.
The Uighur Muslim population in Xinjiang believe their freedoms, culture and religion are being eroded and severely restricted by the Chinese authorities.
Xinjiang, 2,500 miles to the north of Saturday's attack, has experienced repeated outbreaks of violence but the Chinese authorities have largely managed to contain the violence.
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