Twenty-nine civilians were confirmed dead and more than 130 others injured Saturday in a railway station attack in southwest Chinese city of Kunming.

Twenty-nine civilians were confirmed dead and more than 130 others injured Saturday in a railway station attack in southwest Chinese city of Kunming, Xinhua news agency reported.

Police have shot dead at least four attackers whose identities are yet to be confirmed and are hunting for the rest.

It was an organized, premeditated violent terrorist attack, according to the authorities.

A Xinhua reporter on the spot said that injured people have been rushed to more than 10 local hospitals for treatment.

According to Kunming railway bureau, train departures have not been affected.

The security management bureau under the Ministry of Public Security called the incident a "severe violent crime" at its official Sina Weibo account.

The Kunming Railway Station, located in the downtown area of the city, is one of the largest railway stations in southwest China. It was put into operation in 1958.

The latest violent terrorist attack that caused most civilian deaths happened in June last year in Lukqun Township of Turpan Prefecture in farwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

A total of 24 people were killed and 23 others were injured in the attack.

On October 28 last year, a jeep crashed at downtown Beijing's Tian'anmen Square, causing five deaths and 40 injuries. Police found gasoline, two knives and steel sticks as well as a flag with extremist religious content in the jeep.

The police later identified the deadly crash as a violent terrorist attack.