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Keira Lu Huang

A migrant worker has revealed how he fended off the knife attacker at Guangzhou railway station with a wooden stick and stopped him chasing after passers-by.
Shan Wenbo was walking to the station to catch a train when he confronted the knifeman on Tuesday, the Chongqing Evening News reported.
“I’m not such a big hero. I was just there at that moment. I stood there with a stick to hold him so he couldn’t attack others,” he said.
Shan, 42, was in station square to catch a train to nearby Foshan when he heard people shouting “knife attack”, the report said.
He turned around and saw a man with a knife charging towards him. About 10 metres away, two people were lying in a pool of blood.
“I had a huge backpack with me so I used it to block the knife instinctively,” said Shan.
The half-metre-long knife struck his pack and grazed his head.
“He saw me fight back so he went after others, but when I tried to run away I caught his attention again. He probably thought I was scared, so he came at me again.” Shan said.
After he was chased about 20 metres, the heavy luggage on his back made him slow down and he realised he could not get away.
He turned, throwing the backpack at the attacker, but missed the target. He then picked up a wooden stick.
“With a stick in hand, which was even longer than his knife, I wasn’t scared anymore.” Shan told the newspaper.
“He was shocked, but he didn’t want to stop. He wanted to go after others. So I started to move with him, always standing in his way.”
Shan said that out of the corner of his eye, he saw people running to safety.
After the 10-second confrontation, two police officers arrived pointing guns.
The attacker ignored warnings and kept stepping forward, Shan told the newspaper.
Even after he was shot, the attacker still held his knife tightly. Shan said.
A porter sneaked up behind the man and hit him with his trolley.
As the luggage handler held him from behind, Shan hit the man’s wrist with his stick and he dropped his knife, the report said.
Six people were injured in the attack. Police said only one man was involved, but a source told the Post three other suspects fled the scene.
It was the third knife attack at a railway station in China in two months. The others were at Urumqi in the Xinjiang region and Kunming in Yunnan province.
The authorities said the Kunming attack – in which 29 people and four attackers died – was carried out by Muslim separatist militants from Xinjiang.
Shan works in Foshan making gates and fences. His wife told the newspaper she was scared numb when she heard the news.
“I didn’t want him to be a hero, but I support him doing what he did,” she said.
“If this happens again in the future, I would still support him, but under the condition he can secure his safety first.”
 


Hero used wooden stick to fend off Guangzhou rail knifeman and save passengers

A migrant worker fended off the knife attacker at Guangzhou railway station. Photo: Weibo

Shan Wenbo. Photo: Weibo

The knife attack suspect is dragged away by police and passers-by. Photo: AP

Knife attack suspect loitered outside Guangzhou train station for two hours, cameras reveal

Police officers keep watch at Beijing railway station yesterday. Security has been stepped up after three attacks in two months. Photo: Reuters

Passengers have their luggage checked in Guangzhou, where six people were wounded in a knife attack on Tuesday. Photo: AFP

Armed police patrols stepped up across China in wake of Guangzhou knife rampage

Police officers patrol in a vehicle as passengers walk on the square outside Guangzhou railway station. Photo: AFP

Armed policemen stand guard at a railway station after a knife attack in Guangzhou, Guangdong province on May 6, 2014. Photo: Reuters

A suspect is carried away alive after a knife attack at a railway station in Guangzhou. Photo: EPA

A policeman walks past blood stains on the ground after the attack. Photo: Reuters

Armed policemen patrol at a square at Beijing Railway Station. Photo: Reuters

Six wounded in knife rampage at Guangzhou Railway Station

A man, whom local media say is a suspect, is detained after a knife attack at a railway station in Guangzhou. Photo: Reuters

One of the injured is attended to. Photo: Weibo

Online photo shows medical staff attending to injured people. Photo: Weibo

An injured man calls for help. Photo: Weibo

People look on as medical personnel treat the injured people at the scene of a knife attack. Photo: Reuters

Members of a Chinese SWAT team walk past cleaners removing the blood stains at the scene of a knife attack on the square of Guangzhou railway station. Photo: AFP

Armed policemen stand guard at a railway station after a knife attack in Guangzhou. Photo: Reuters

Uygurs in Beijing feel the chill after deadly Kunming knife attack

Friday prayers at Haidian Mosque in Beijing. Some Uygurs say blame for the attack has fallen on all of them. Photo: Wu Na

Friday prayers at Haidian Mosque in Beijing. Some Uygurs say blame for the attack has fallen on all of them. Photo: Wu Nan

Flowers sit outside the railway station in Kunming. Photo: Xinhua

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