DHAKA: Six people were wounded in a knife attack at a train station in China on Tuesday, police said, the latest in a string of violent episodes at public transport hubs.

Police shot one of the attackers at the train station in the southern metropolis of Guangzhou, the city’s public security bureau said in a statement on its microblog, adding all six injured had been hospitalised.

Four attackers were involved, the People’s Daily newspaper reported on its verified microblog, adding they were wearing white caps and police opened fire on them after they ignored warnings.

One of the men died, one was arrested, and two escaped, said the newspaper, the official mouthpiece of the Communist Party, reports The Straits Times.

BDST: 1507 HRS, MAY 06, 2014