Blast heard near U.S. Embassy in China in 'suspected self-immolation' attempt

 

A police officer is seen near the U.S. embassy in Beijing, China July 26, 2018. REUTERS/ Thomas Peter

 

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese police took away a woman who sprayed herself with gasoline on Thursday in what was suspected to be a self-immolation attempt outside the U.S. Embassy, the state-run Global Times reported, amid reports of an explosion.

 

Reuters could not immediately verify the report, but witnesses told Reuters that they heard an explosion near the U.S. Embassy and felt tremors. One of the witnesses said there were seven to eight police vehicles near the embassy.

 

A Reuters witness saw Chinese police examining a vehicle outside the embassy and social media showed pictures of smoke close to where people line up outside the compound for visa appointments.

 

The Global Times said on its Twitter account that it was unclear whether there had been an explosion.

 

Staff at the Indian and South Korean embassies near the U.S. compound said they were unaware of any unusual incident and were working as normal.

 

U.S. embassy officials did not immediately comment.

 

(Reporting by Beijing Monitoring Desk; Editing by Nick Macfie)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-07-26

Apparently Weibo is censoring all the posts about this explosion.

It might take a bit more time to get more information from the site.

 

I guess soyboys were not happy about the trade war and wanted to participate the war in their own way.

 

'Firework device' explodes outside U.S. Embassy in China, slightly wounding suspect: police

Police car is seen near the U.S. embassy in Beijing, China July 26, 2018. REUTERS/Jason Lee

 

BEIJING (Reuters) - A suspected "firework device" exploded outside the U.S. Embassy in Beijing on Thursday wounding the 26-year-old male suspect and no one else, police said.

 

The embassy, in a separate statement, described the device as a bomb. It said police had responded but did not offer further details. Police said only the suspect was wounded, suffering an injury to his hand.

 

The state-run Global Times newspaper said earlier police took away a woman who sprayed herself with gasoline in what was suspected to be a self-immolation attempt outside the embassy.

 

(Reporting by Beijing Newsroom; Editing by Nick Macfie)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-07-26

I suspect it will be easier to get to the bottom of Russian interference in the election than it will be to ever find out what this was all about.   

OOOOH do not worry Mr Policeman. This is just a fireworks device strapped to my chest. Happy New Year.