Bomber killed in own attack
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May 27, 2011, Friday
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A NUMBER of homemade bombs exploded at three government buildings in an east China city within half an hour yesterday, killing two people, including the bomber, and wounding at least 10 others in what was described as a revenge attack.
The first bomb was in a car parked outside the prosecutor's office in Fuzhou City in Jiangxi Province. It exploded at around 9:18am.
That was followed by a second explosion at a district government building and then another car bomb outside the drug administration office, which went off at about 9:45am, the local government said.
Police said the bombs were apparently placed by an unemployed 52-year-old Fuzhou resident, Qian Mingqi, who was killed in one of the explosions.
Police who launched a search and rescue operation outside the Linchuan District government office retrieved one body yesterday afternoon. It was later confirmed to be Qian.
One of the four people who were seriously injured at the same site died in hospital, a spokesman with the provincial government said.
Seven others were slightly injured, the spokesman said.
A witness said the blast shattered most of the windowpanes in the procuratorate office. A nearby car was also destroyed.
Witnesses said the blast near the Linchuan District government building went off in a car park less than 100 meters away and destroyed at least 10 vehicles.
Qian was said to have been involved in a dispute over the demolition of his home. Messages posted on microblogging sites under the name of Qian Mingqi described a frustrating and fruitless 10-year effort to obtain compensation after being forced to leave his home to make way for a highway.
"The illegal demolition of my legally, newly built home has caused me huge losses, and 10 years of failed appeals have forced me to take this path," Qian said on his microblog, according to Caijing magazine's website (www.caijing.com.cn).
"Going to heaven, I would have to take a few enemies with me," Qian wrote on one of his entries. He said he had been petitioning authorities on the illegal demolition since 2002.
In another message, he said he had been forced to "step on a road I don't want to step on" due to the loss of his house.
A source with the Linchuan government confirmed that Qian was involved in a house demolition dispute, triggering suspicions that he might have set off the explosions as a form of revenge against the local government.
Other sources said Qian was not satisfied with his compensation.
Qian's microblog, hosted by Chinese web portal sina.com, had been tracked by Internet users after the explosions.
The first bomb was in a car parked outside the prosecutor's office in Fuzhou City in Jiangxi Province. It exploded at around 9:18am.
That was followed by a second explosion at a district government building and then another car bomb outside the drug administration office, which went off at about 9:45am, the local government said.
Police said the bombs were apparently placed by an unemployed 52-year-old Fuzhou resident, Qian Mingqi, who was killed in one of the explosions.
Police who launched a search and rescue operation outside the Linchuan District government office retrieved one body yesterday afternoon. It was later confirmed to be Qian.
One of the four people who were seriously injured at the same site died in hospital, a spokesman with the provincial government said.
Seven others were slightly injured, the spokesman said.
A witness said the blast shattered most of the windowpanes in the procuratorate office. A nearby car was also destroyed.
Witnesses said the blast near the Linchuan District government building went off in a car park less than 100 meters away and destroyed at least 10 vehicles.
Qian was said to have been involved in a dispute over the demolition of his home. Messages posted on microblogging sites under the name of Qian Mingqi described a frustrating and fruitless 10-year effort to obtain compensation after being forced to leave his home to make way for a highway.
"The illegal demolition of my legally, newly built home has caused me huge losses, and 10 years of failed appeals have forced me to take this path," Qian said on his microblog, according to Caijing magazine's website (www.caijing.com.cn).
"Going to heaven, I would have to take a few enemies with me," Qian wrote on one of his entries. He said he had been petitioning authorities on the illegal demolition since 2002.
In another message, he said he had been forced to "step on a road I don't want to step on" due to the loss of his house.
A source with the Linchuan government confirmed that Qian was involved in a house demolition dispute, triggering suspicions that he might have set off the explosions as a form of revenge against the local government.
Other sources said Qian was not satisfied with his compensation.
Qian's microblog, hosted by Chinese web portal sina.com, had been tracked by Internet users after the explosions.
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