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2013 Taiyuan attack

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Location
  
Attack type
  
Non-fatal injuries
  
8

Target
  
Communist Party office

Deaths
  
1

2013 Taiyuan attack

Date
  
November 6, 20137:40 (UTC+8)

A series of suspected bombs exploded outside the office of the Communist Party of China in Taiyuan, Shanxi, on November 6, 2013. The blast killed at least 1 and another 8 were injured. A 41-year-old Taiyuan resident, Feng Zhijun, was arrested on November 8.

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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 on November 8, 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.

References

2013 Taiyuan attack Wikipedia


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