Knife attack suspect loitered outside Guangzhou train station for two hours, cameras reveal
Man held for knife rampage at station spent two hours waiting before Kunming train arrived
The suspect in Tuesday’s Guangzhou Railway Station knife rampage was seen wearing a red tennis cap and waiting outside the station for two hours before launching his attack, according to police sources.
The third such attack at train stations on the mainland in the past two months left at least six people injured.
In Guangzhou, the train station in Yuexiu district resumed normal operations yesterday.
According to a brief statement released by the local police on Tuesday, only one suspect was involved. However, according to a source close to local police, three other suspects fled the scene and were still at large. The detained suspect has refused to reveal his name.
After examination of surveillance video, the source said the footage showed the suspect squatting between two convenience stores on Huanshi Dong Road on the western side of the railway plaza for nearly two hours before the K366 train from Kunming arrived.