2013 Taiyuan attack | |
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Location | Taiyuan, China |
Date | 6 November 2013 7:40 (UTC+8) |
Target | Chinese Communist Party office |
Attack type | Bombing |
Deaths | 1 |
Injured | 8 |
A series of suspected bombs exploded outside the office of the Chinese Communist Party in Taiyuan, Shanxi, on 6 November 2013. The blast killed at least 1 and another 8 were injured. A 41-year-old Taiyuan resident, Feng Zhijun, was arrested on 8 November.
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]
41-year-old Feng Zhijun was arrested on the morning of 8 November 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]
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