Fight terrorism on all fronts

On Tuesday, just six days after a bomb attack at Urumqi railway station, a man dressed in white stabbed six people at Guangzhou railway station. One of the victims is in a serious condition and the suspect has been detained.

The series of attacks at railway stations - knifewielding attackers injured many and spread terror at Kunming railway station on March 1 - highlights the urgency to strengthen security in public places to protect innocent people.

It is not yet known whether the Guangzhou violence is another terrorist attack, but many netizens' immediately called for "eliminating Uygur terrorists" to protect people's lives. Such passionate outpouring of hatred for an ethnic group is a worrying trend. People should not mix up terrorism with ethnic conflicts. Creating mistrust among different ethnic groups and spreading panic will serve nobody but the terrorists and other illintentioned people in our society.