ORDER has been restored in Kunming, capital of Southwest China’s Yunnan Province, where a deadly terrorist attack Saturday night left 29 dead and more than 130 injured.

    At the train station where the attack happened, train arrivals resumed Sunday after three trains with 3,000 passengers were affected Saturday night, said station officials.

    More than 60,000 passengers left the station Sunday, higher than the 59,000 Saturday.

    Part of a major road in front of the railway station is still under traffic control and a waiting area on a square east of the station is cordoned off.

    With a heavy police presence, normal operations have resumed and passengers can walk into and out of the station with no new restrictions.

    Security screening of passengers and luggage is being carried out and staff are maintaining order in more crowded areas.

    In a ticket hall, people were seen queuing to buy train tickets. Some chatted with each other while others were playing cards.

    Security has been beefed up at the city’s Changshui International Airport, with increased security personnel and tougher scrutiny of passengers and luggage.

    The municipal government said Sunday that evidence at the crime scene showed that the Kunming Railway Station terrorist attack was orchestrated by Xinjiang separatist forces. No details have been given.

    Separately, the city’s education authorities said all local middle and primary schools opened as normal Monday, but with enhanced security.

    School officials were on duty before and after class and police officers patrolled school campuses and surrounding areas.

    Kunming’s citizens have been eager to help. More than 2,000 Kunming citizens have donated 560,000 milliliters of blood as of Sunday, the city’s blood center said.

    As of 9 p.m. Sunday, people were still lining up at a blood donation shuttle parked around commercial district in downtown.

    A total of 27 medical experts have been dispatched to Kunming to help the treatment of victims, the National Health and Family Planning Commission said Sunday.

    The experts were recruited from 12 hospitals in Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Guangzhou and other cities. The experts will be tasked with helping treat the wounded and provide psychological assistance to them, according to the commission.

    A candlelit vigil was held Sunday night to remember the victims of the attack.

    The vigil was attended by more than 100 people who converged on Kunming station plaza where a letter was read out as they mourned the victims.

    “We condemn all kinds of terrorist acts, especially those targeting civilians in a multi-ethnic city like Kunming,’’ said Wu Bo, a Sichuan migrant worker looking for jobs in Kunming.

    “We came here voluntarily to express our condolences. We are very sad and angry. It’s too sudden, we’ve never seen anything like it before,” Wu said.

    “Tonight we are all Kunming people,” he said, adding there would be more two vigils in the following two days.

    (Xinhua)