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| Bomb detonated outside US embassy in Beijing, China | Bomb detonated outside US embassy in Beijing, China |
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| A man detonated a bomb outside the US embassy in Beijing, according to the US state department, injuring himself but no other people. | |
| The explosion occurred at the southeast corner of the embassy compound, a heavily fortified structure in northeast Beijing, at around 1pm local time. | |
| “According to the embassy’s regional security officer, there was one individual who detonated a bomb. Other than the bomber, no other people were injured and there was no damage to embassy property. The local police responded,” a US embassy spokesperson told the Guardian. | |
| Chinese police said the bomber was a 26-year-old man who hurt himself while setting off a small, homemade explosive, according to the Associated Press. | |
| Police identified him only by his surname Jiang and said he was from the city of Tongliao, in China’s Inner Mongolia. | |
| Media reports described a “firecracker-like explosive” and said the bomber had injured his hand. | |
| Earlier on Thursday, videos and photos posted on social media showed smoke filling an intersection as groups of pedestrians gathered and police surrounded the area, home to several embassies. Witnesses reported hearing the blast. | |
| A witness who asked only to give his surname, Li, said he was cleaning the road outside the Japanese embassy, about 1km away, at the time of the incident. “I heard the sound of a big explosion and then women screaming,” he said. | |
| News of the blast spread quickly on Chinese social media, garnering nearly a million views before search terms related to the blast were blocked. | |
| 💥Something just exploded at the US Embassy in Beijing, China just a few min ago. Smoke everywhere....@CNN @CNBC @CNBCnow @nytimes pic.twitter.com/O8wf3L2Q0V | 💥Something just exploded at the US Embassy in Beijing, China just a few min ago. Smoke everywhere....@CNN @CNBC @CNBCnow @nytimes pic.twitter.com/O8wf3L2Q0V |
| The attempted bombing comes as China and the US are locked in an ongoing trade dispute. Within a few hours after the blast, police were ushering journalists away from the scene. Traffic was allowed to flow again, and visa applicants were lining up outside the embassy. | |
| Earlier, the state-run Global Times said a woman spraying gasoline on herself had been taken away from outside the US embassy on Thursday morning, in what appeared to be a separate incident. A Chinese police car near the embassy appeared to have been damaged, according to Reuters. | |
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