Wheelchair user blasts Beijing airport, injures himself
Published Date: July 20, 2013
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.
Witnesses quoted on Twitter claimed the wheelchair-bound man waved his hands and shouted in an apparent attempt to attract attention before detonating the device.
Meanwhile, Twitter user Yifan Zhang, who is an ex-journalist according to his profile, has posted what he says is a petition by Zhongxing suggesting the bomber was protesting the brutal beating he allegedly received at the hands of police.
No flights were affected and order has been restored at the airport.
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