CPC office bombed in China press trust of india Beijing, 6 November One person was killed and eight others injured when a series of home-made bombs packed with ball bearings exploded in front of a provincial office of the ruling Chinese Communist Party, two days ahead of a key meeting of the party to finalise political and economic reforms. The series of eight blasts from explosives placed in flower beds in front of Shanxi provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) rocked Taiyuan city, sending shockwaves among Chinas security establishment which is busy beefing up security after the 28 October “suicide attack” by Islamic militants in Tiananmen Square here that left five people dead. Among the eight injured, one was in serious condition, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. The explosions were caused by home-made bombs, local police said without identifying the people behind the blasts. Chinese police were intrigued by the use of steel beads and circuit boards in the bombs. These items were found scattered at the scene. State television reported that the explosive devices were hidden in roadside flower beds. Two witnesses told Xinhua that they saw a minivan exploding, sending car debris flying. Taiyuan, capital of Shanxi, in north central China, is home to large-scale coal mining, with a population more than four million. Asked whether todays blasts as well as the Tiananmen attack suggested social unrest in China ahead of the CPC Plenum beginning in Beijing from 9 November, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei told reporters that the Taiyuan incident is under investigation, while police have already identified Tiananmen square incident as a terror attack, he said. China blames the East Turkistan Islamic Movement, spearheading the Muslim Uyghur secessionist movement in Xinjiang province, for the Tiananmen incident.
Posted on: Wed, 06 Nov 2013 20:37:08 +0000
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