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new, last-minute, YouTube, video, uploaded to YouTube, news,day,At least 27 dead and 162 injured after gang of knife-wielding men attack a train station in China WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Distressing photos show bodies and blood Attack took place at busy Kunming Railway Station in Yunnan province Death toll would make attack the deadliest in recent Chinese history Local TV station K6 said several of the attackers were shot by police Authorities say it was an 'organised, premeditated, violent terrorist attack' Online descriptions of the violence were deleted by government censors At least 27 people have been killed and 162 injured after a group of knife-wielding men attacked people at one of China's busiest railway stations. Distressing photos circulating online showed bodies, pools of blood and abandoned luggage scattered across the terminal floor at Kunming Railway Station in Yunnan province. Authorities described the incident at about 9pm local time (1pm GMT) as an 'organised, premeditated, violent terrorist attack.' Scroll down for video Unconfirmed reports suggested five attackers were gunned down by police after a standoff. Several suspects were contained by police and the station and surrounding roads were cordoned off. Medics were still treating people and taking them to hospital hours after the attack, according to the state-run Xinhua News Agency, which provided the number of people killed and injured. More... Chinese police bust four major baby trafficking rings rescuing 382 abducted children and arresting nearly 2,000 suspects 'Rotten banana, guide dog and plague...': How official Chinese mouthpiece insulted America's ambassador to Beijing after he spoke of democracy If confirmed the death toll would make the attack one of the deadliest in recent Chinese history. Xinhua said a group of men was involved but did not provide more details and the attackers were not identified. Kunming city police did not have immediate information to release. Resident Yang Haifei told Xinhua he was buying a ticket in the station when he saw a group of people rush into the station, many of them dressed in black, and start attacking people. 'I saw a person come straight at me with a long knife and I ran away with everyone,' he told the news agency, adding some people 'just fell on the ground'. Another crying victim outside the station told the news agency: 'I can't find my husband, and his phone went unanswered.' Local TV station K6 said several of the attackers were shot by police and that victims were being transported to local hospitals. The men were wearing uniforms when they stormed the railway station and gunshots were heard after police responded, another state news organisation said. Domestic security chief Meng Jianzhu, one of China's top politicians, was reportedly travelling tonight to the scene in downtown Kunming, the capital of the Yunnan province which has more than six million citizens. The station is one of the largest in south west China and opened in 1958, with up to 75,000 passengers a day passing through it. Many posts describing the attack on the Chinese Twitter-like micro-blogging site Weibo, where photos of the carnage were first posted, were reportedly deleted by government censors. Reuters reported the quickest posts to be scrubbed were those that described the attackers, two of whom were identified by some as women. Lockdown: Police investigate after the attack at Kunming railway station Others condemned the attack. One user wrote: 'No matter who, for whatever reason, or of what race, chose somewhere so crowded as a train station, and made innocent people their target - they are evil and they should go to hell.' A woman staying at a hotel near the station told the South China Morning Post she was terrified to leave. 'Our guests who walked passed the train station told us not to leave the hotel because the situation is dangerous,' she said. ' Standing guard: Police have been trying to establish why the gang of men burst into the station n June last year at least 27 people were killed after gangs armed with knives attacked a police station and a local government building in a remote region of western China. Mobs in the Xinjiang region, home to a large Muslim Uighur minority, were said to have set upon buildings in the township of Lukqun at around 6am, stabbing people and setting fire to police cars. The attack cists operating in t The Global Times is published by the ruling Communist Party's official People's Daily. 27 dead in Kunming rail station violence[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn 27 dead, 109 injured in knife attack on Kunming railway statio