A man in a wheelchair ignited a home-made explosive device outside an arrivals exit at Beijing’s international airport on Saturday. China's state broadcaster CCTV said the man in the blast was 34-year-old Ji Zhongxing from Heze in Shandong Province.
Local media reported that the victim has been rushed to hospital, but his condition remains unknown. It is said, he is likely dead. He set off a home-made explosive device packed with gunpowder from fireworks, but there were no other casualties.
CCTV did not elaborate on his condition, or on a possible motive for what appears to be a suicide bomb.
The strong explosion occurred about 6.24pm on Saturday at Terminal 3 of the Beijing airport. One photo showed several security and cleaning staff attending to someone on the ground, with an overturned wheelchair lying nearby.
Another, supposedly taken shortly before the blast, showed a man in a short-sleeved shirt sitting in a wheelchair waving his arms in the air, with a white object in one hand, as if in protest. The online user, who posted the photo, identified the man as a possible victim.
Source: scmp.com
The strong explosion occurred about 6.24pm on Saturday at Terminal 3 of the Beijing airport. One photo showed several security and cleaning staff attending to someone on the ground, with an overturned wheelchair lying nearby.
Another, supposedly taken shortly before the blast, showed a man in a short-sleeved shirt sitting in a wheelchair waving his arms in the air, with a white object in one hand, as if in protest. The online user, who posted the photo, identified the man as a possible victim.
Source: scmp.com
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