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Bomb explosion at Beijing Capital International Airport
20 Jul 2013 at 10:18hrs | Views
Medical workers and policemen work at an explosion site in T3 terminal of the Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, capital of China, July 20, 2013. The explosion occured around 6:30 p.m. near the B exit of the terminal. According to eyewitnesses, a disabled person ignited bombs on himse
There has been an explosion at Beijing Capital International Airport's Terminal 3, with a man in a wheelchair apparently detonating a device.
Photos posted on China's Weibo microblogging site showed a dark-haired man waving a white package in the air before the blast.
Later images showed the wheelchair on its side with officials treating a man on the floor.
His condition was unclear. Smoke spread through the terminal after the blast.
The device went off shortly before 18:30 (10:30 GMT) near one of the terminal's arrival gates.
Xinhua news agency showed several medical workers providing emergency treatment, with police officers also at the scene.
The man was named by Chinese state broadcaster CCTV as Ji Zhongxing, from Shandong province in China's north-east. He blew up a package of gunpowder and was taken to hospital, CCTV reported.
Photos posted on China's Weibo microblogging site showed a dark-haired man waving a white package in the air before the blast.
Later images showed the wheelchair on its side with officials treating a man on the floor.
The device went off shortly before 18:30 (10:30 GMT) near one of the terminal's arrival gates.
Xinhua news agency showed several medical workers providing emergency treatment, with police officers also at the scene.
The man was named by Chinese state broadcaster CCTV as Ji Zhongxing, from Shandong province in China's north-east. He blew up a package of gunpowder and was taken to hospital, CCTV reported.
Source - BBC
