2013 Taiyuan attack

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2013 Taiyuan attack
China Shanxi Taiyuan.svg
Location of Taiyuan in Shanxi, China
Location Taiyuan, China
Date6 November 2013
7:40 (UTC+8)
Target Chinese Communist Party office
Attack type
Bombing
Deaths1
Injured8

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

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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 of 8 November 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]

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