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CCP office bombing in Taiyuan, Shanxi, China

2013 Taiyuan attack
Location of Taiyuan in Shanxi, China
LocationTaiyuan, China
Date6 November 2013
7:40 (UTC+8)
TargetChinese Communist Party office
Attack typeBombing
Deaths1
Injured8

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.

Attack

At 7:40 am, six improvised explosive devices detonated outside the Communist Party's 20-story provincial headquarters. One person was killed, and eight others were injured.

Suspect

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.

See also

References

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