China today blamed Islamic militants from the volatile Xinjiang province for an attack by knife-wielding terrorists at a railway station in Kunming city that left at least 33 people dead and 130 injured.The incident occurred when a group of militants armed with knives and swords attacked people randomly at the crowded Kunming railway station in the capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province last night causing panic all around. State-run Xinhua news agency reported today, it was an organised, premeditated violent terrorist attack. Police shot dead at least four attackers and are hunting for the rest, it said, adding that more than 10 terrorist suspects were involved in the attack.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has asked the law enforcement to investigate the case with all-out efforts and punish the terrorists in accordance with the law.