Sunday, July 21, 2013

BREAKING: Chinese media says there has been an explosion at Beijing airport


An explosion at the arrival hall of Beijing’s Capital International Airport shocked travellers and may have killed one person, according to messages and photos posted by several different witnesses on China’s popular social media platform Weibo.
The strong explosion occurred at about 6.24pm on Saturday at Terminal 3 of the Beijing airport, according to these accounts.
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1287064/breaking-news-explosion-beijing-airport-one-may-be-dead-witnesses
Pictures:
https://twitter.com/ska_kongshan/status/358533507389218816/photo/1
https://twitter.com/exosarang/status/358542936427880448/photo/1
http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BPnOTBWCYAAAfbm.jpg
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/photo/2013-07/20/c_132558572.htm
Wheelchair user blasts Beijing airport, injures himself

A man in a wheelchair was responsible for an explosion that rocked Beijing Capital International Airport, Chinese media said. He allegedly attempted to blow himself up to protest a brutal police beating that left him disabled, Twitter reports claimed.
The suspect behind the blast in the arrivals hall of terminal three of the Beijing airport has reportedly been identified as Ji Zhongxing from Shangdong, CCTVNews reported. The Sina Weibo microblog of state broadcaster China Central Television said a man detonated a package of black gunpowder used to make firecrackers just outside the international arrivals exit.
Local media quoted by the South China Morning Post said the man was rushed to hospital. His condition remains unknown.
http://rt.com/news/beijing-airport-china-explosion-362/
Man in a wheelchair detonates small device at Beijing International Airport terminal
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.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-23388448#TWEET828242
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