2013 Taiyuan attack

2013 Taiyuan attack

Location of Taiyuan in Shanxi, China
Location Taiyuan, China
Date November 6, 2013
7:40 (UTC+8)
Target Communist Party office
Attack type
 Bombing
Deaths 1
Non-fatal injuries
 8
Suspected perpetrator
 Feng Zhijun

A series of suspected bombs exploded outside the office of the Communist Party of China in Taiyuan, Shanxi, on November 6, 2013. The blast killed at least 1 and another 8 were injured. A 41-year-old Taiyuan resident, Feng Zhijun, was arrested on November 8.

Attack

At 7:40 am, six improvised explosive devices detonated outside the Communist Party's 20-story provincial headquarters.[1][2] One person was killed, and eight others were injured.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

Suspect

41-year-old Feng Zhijun was arrested on the morning on November 8, 2013 in connection with the bombing. He confessed to setting off the explosions. Feng was a resident of Xinghualing District in Taiyuan, and is a convicted thief.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Man arrested for bombing Communist Party HQ". The Telegraph. 8 November 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
  2. ↑ "Bombs killed 1 and injured 8 in China". BBC News. 6 November 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
  3. ↑ Mullany, Gerry (November 5, 2013). "Explosions Near Communist Party Building in China". Sinosphere. The New York Times. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
  4. ↑ Martina, Michael; Rose, Adam (November 5, 2013). Gopalakrishnan, Raju, ed. "Explosions kill 1, injure 8 in north China city: reports". Reuters. Beijing: Reuters. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
  5. ↑ Chin, Josh (November 5, 2013). "One Killed in Explosion in China's Shanxi Province". The Wall Street Journal. Beijing: Dow Jones & Company. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
  6. ↑ Phillips, Tom (November 5, 2013). "China's Communist Party HQ hit by series of explosions". The Telegraph. Shanghai: Telegraph Media Group Limited. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
  7. ↑ Mathieson, Rosalind, ed. (November 5, 2013). "Blasts Outside North China Communist Party Office Kill One (1)". BloombergBusinessweek. Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
  8. ↑ "1 person killed, 8 injured in blasts outside ruling Communist Party offices in north China". The Washington Post. Beijing. Associated Press. November 5, 2013. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
  9. ↑ Kaiman, Jonathan (November 5, 2013). "Deadly explosions at China Communist party office". The Guardian. Baotou: Guardian News and Media Limited. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
  10. ↑ Szoldra, Paul (November 5, 2013). "1 Killed, At Least 8 Wounded After Explosions Rock Communist Party Offices In Northern China". Business Insider. Business Insider. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
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