The Berkman Center’s Global Voices Blog points to pictures of an apparent suicide bombing on a bus in China.
I’m not seeing this on any of the major news sites, but have emailed Simon to see what he’s heard.
The Berkman Center’s Global Voices Blog points to pictures of an apparent suicide bombing on a bus in China.
I’m not seeing this on any of the major news sites, but have emailed Simon to see what he’s heard.
This happened a couple of weeks ago. “My Pet Jawa”:http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/111050.php has a summary post with links and pictures.
Two other links of interest: “China Daily’s official report”:http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-08/09/content_467358.htm and “Horse’s Mouth”:http://thehorsesmouth.blog-city.com/fuzhoubombing.htm
The bomber seemingly had been in a disupte with neighbours and suffering lung cancer and was driven to this by dispair. No terror link, just a desperate man doing a dispicable act.
Let me know if you want more information.
This is mind-blowing:
bq. _There were more than a thousand reported bombings last year._
bq. _Most go unreported by the country’s tightly-controlled state media._
“BBC story linked from My Pet Jawa”:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4131916.stm
PD Shaw said:
I wouldn’t call it “mind-blowing” so much as par for the course. Anything that can threaten “public order” (such as SARS and even the anti-Japanese protests) or suggests that there are threats to public order (bombings and, yes, even the recent anti-Japanese protests) is locked down for as long as possible. What made the bombing in Fuzhou different is that it’s the provincial capital of Fujian Province and was far too big to keep under wraps even with police seizing cameras left and right.
Well, someone should ask Prof. Pape if China became a democracy last year.