(VOVworld) – A court in southern China sentenced three people to death and one to life in prison on Friday for their involvement in a terrorist attack at a railway station in Kunming early this year.

Policemen check unclaimed luggage at a square outside the Kunming railway station after a knife attack, in Kunming, Yunnan province. (Photo: Reuters)

Prosecutors charged all four suspects with terrorist action and intentional homicide. On March 1, a group of assailants armed with knives attacked civilians at the railway station, causing 31 deaths and injuring another 141. Police shot dead four of the attackers and detained the four who stood trial on Friday.