2013 Taiyuan attack

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.

2013 Taiyuan attack
Location of Taiyuan in Shanxi, China
LocationTaiyuan, China
DateNovember 6, 2013
7:40 (UTC+8)
TargetCommunist Party office
Attack type
Bombing
Deaths1
Injured8

Attack

At 7:40 am, six improvised explosive devices detonated outside the Communist Party's 20-story provincial headquarters.[1][2] One person was killed, and eight others were injured.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

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.[1]

gollark: I have a self-built desktop running Arch and a cheap server from Ebay running Alpine. They work quite well.
gollark: Probably. It was talked about *before* that thing too.
gollark: The justification was some bullying last year which happened to involve phones... clearly this is the appropriate response.
gollark: My school, in its infinite wisdom, has banned phones during lunch/break.
gollark: I mean, they're exempt from minimum wage...

See also

References
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  2. "Bombs killed 1 and injured 8 in China". BBC News. 6 November 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
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  6. Phillips, Tom (November 5, 2013). "China's Communist Party HQ hit by series of explosions". The Telegraph. Shanghai: Telegraph Media Group Limited. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
  7. Mathieson, Rosalind, ed. (November 5, 2013). "Blasts Outside North China Communist Party Office Kill One (1)". Bloomberg Businessweek. Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
  8. "1 person killed, 8 injured in blasts outside ruling Communist Party offices in north China". The Washington Post. Beijing. Associated Press. November 5, 2013. Retrieved November 5, 2013.
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