Kunming

     KUNMING, a city of China — Three more suspects were arrested in connection with the weekend knife attacks in southern China that left 29 people dead, and the assailants' leader has been identified, authorities said late Monday.

     Chinese authorities blamed the attack on separatists from the northwestern region of Xinjiang, which has a large population of Uighurs, a Turkic-speaking Muslim minority.
     The Ministry of Public Security said the attack in Kunming, which officials are treating as a terrorist act, was led by a man named Abdurehim Kurban. It was unclear whether Kurban, whose age, occupation and residence were not released, was among four suspects now in custody or was one of the four attackers shot dead by police at the scene of the rampage Saturday night.