Over 1,000 civilians, officers and soldiers have volunteered to donate blood in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, in a single day. It's a record for the city's Blood Center. Many citizens came to donation stations first thing in the morning. Some elderly who are past the donor age volunteered to help maintain order in the stations.

A group of knife-wielding people attacked the Kunming Railway Station in the capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province at around 9 p.m. on Saturday.

At least 29 innocent people died, and more than 130 were injured in the attack as of 6:00 a.m. on Sunday, the local authorities said.

All the people injured in the attack are receiving treatment in more than 10 hospitals in the city. Due to the shortage of blood, four blood collection vehicles have been parked near the hospital for citizens to donate blood.

(CNTV.cn, Xinhua News Agency March 3, 2014)