Security tightened at railway stations, airports in major cities

Major cities around China have ramped up police patrols in the wake of the terrorist attack at Kunming Railway Station in Yunnan province that left 29 people dead.

Police in Kunming, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and other provincial capitals, including Xi'an, Shaanxi province, and Changsha, Hunan province, have stepped up police forces at transport hubs and public areas such as shopping malls and schools, authorities said.

Eight knife-wielding masked attackers at the railway station killed 29 people and injured 143 others on Saturday night. Police killed four of the assailants at the scene and arrested one woman.