A SUICIDE bomber died and 31 people were injured when a home-made device was detonated on a bus in south-eastern China, state media reported today. The blast occurred near the downtown area of Fujian's provincial capital, Fuzhou, around 1730 (AEST), Xinhua news agency reported. The explosion on the single-decker bus was powerful enough to shatter the windows of shops nearby, the agency reported.
Pictures from the scene showed the side of the bus ripped apart and debris strewn across the floor of the vehicle. The injured were shown being stretchered out of windows. The suspect, a 42-year-old farmer, was believed to be from Putian city in the province. He had terminal lung cancer, Xinhua reported. Such attacks are common in China, often carried out by angry residents who feel wronged by society or the communist party government.
In January, a bomb killed 11 people on a bus in north-western Xinjiang region. That attack was blamed on a worker who held a grudge against his former employer, a coal mining company near the scene of the explosion. There were 1130 bombings around China last year, according to state press reports. |