Knife attack at Guangzhou railway station injures nine civilians

　　GUANGZHOU, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Nine civilians were injured after a knife attack by two assailants at a railway station in China's southern business hub of Guangzhou City on Friday morning, according to local police.

　　The attack happened at about 8:18 a.m. when the pair stabbed the innocent people outside the square of the railway station, according to the city's railway public security bureau.

　　Police shot dead a suspect and caught another, who was also injured.

　　The civilians and the injured suspect have been hospitalized in the General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Area Command of the People's Liberation Army.

　　By 11:30 a.m., four injured civilians were still receiving emergency treatment while the other five and the suspect are in a stable condition, according to the hospital.

　　Police are investigating the case. The identities of the attackers are not yet known. The order at the station is normal.

　　It was the second attack targeting the train station in Guangzhou within a year. Six people were wounded in a similar knife attack at a train station in Guangzhou on May 6 last year.