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By Agence France-Presse
A 26-year-old Chinese man set off Thursday a small explosive in front of the US Embbady in Beijing , sending smoke. Chinese police said no one else was injured in the incident (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN) "width =" 768 "height =" 512 "/>
Another was injured in the incident (AFP / MANILA BULLETIN)
Chinese police said that no one else was injured in the incident, near the area where the Visa applicants line up to enter the embbady.
The blast was triggered by a man from the Inner Mongolia region, nicknamed Jiang, according to police, adding that his wounds were unclear. The police did not indicate a possible motive
The video clips that circulated on social networks shortly after the explosion showed smoke in the air at night. outside the embbady compound, and AFP reporters were arriving at the scene. a fairly strong explosion around 13:00 (05:00 GMT), so we went
quickly blocked the place where the explosion took place and the state censorship apparatus of China quickly blocked the search for "the US Embbady" on the popular Weibo-type platform Twitter
This place seemed to have resumed its activity shortly after the incident.
"I heard a loud" bang ", and then we all stretched our heads to see what it was," said Liu, who was waiting in front of the embbady. at the time. [1 9659007] "It seems the police reacted quickly enough, as they were prepared."
The area where the incident occurred is on the outskirts of Beijing and is home to several embbadies, including those of India and Israel
. China regularly sees cases of disaffected people taking it to society for various grievances or injustices, often harming themselves or others.
In one of the worst recent incidents, an explosion left eight dead and dozens wounded.
Police blamed a 22-year-old man with health problems
