Firefighters resuscitate the injured at the scene of the explosion. (Internet)
(UPDATE: Contents) An explosion occurred in Panyu District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province this morning (22nd). Local police confirmed that the incident has caused casualties, but did not disclose the specific number of deaths and injuries, only that the incident involves a criminal element, is currently investigating the case. The media cited informed sources pointed out that the explosion occurred in the village committee, involving villagers due to the transformation of the old city, and the village committee caused by the outbreak of disputes. Local villagers said that after hearing the explosion saw smoke coming out of the village council, the road leading to the village council has been closed. The local police informed the same night, after a preliminary investigation, the suspect carried a flammable substance to the village committee detonated, resulting in five deaths and five injuries.
The incident occurred in Panyu District, Hualong Town, Mingjing Village, about 10 a.m. a building violent explosion. The media report did not specify the location of the explosion, only that “the scene is a mess”, scattered a lot of furniture fragments, the wall with suspected blood on the red traces. The ceiling was blown off the site, crushing some of the injured.
Ms. Huang (a pseudonym), a businesswoman operating a restaurant near the village council, told the Apple that she heard a loud noise coming from outside the street when the incident occurred, but thought it was a car with a flat tire and ignored it, only to learn later that an explosion had occurred in the village council. Ms. Huang’s restaurant was not affected by the surrounding businesses, the authorities immediately after the report has been cordoned off the scene, she is not quite sure of the casualties.
Ms. Huang pointed out that the incident was held in the conference room of the village committee meeting, many leaders in the village are on the scene, it is understood that including the secretary of the village committee, deputy secretary of the town, the security captain and other people, do not rule out the incident and Mingjing village land acquisition dispute. She pointed out that the villagers of Mingjing Village and the village committee and the local government land disputes have been tug-of-war for several years, the interests of villagers are occupied by corrupt officials. In the past, the villagers to fight for their rights, has repeatedly pulled up the banner on the street to protest, but has not been the local government attention. She speculated that the incident may be related to individual villagers choosing to take desperate measures.
The Beijing Youth Daily quoted a local villager as saying that she was at work when the incident occurred and heard the sound of explosions and broken glass from outside, “I thought there was a car accident, then I went out and saw smoke coming from inside the village council and heard people say that there was a suspected explosion in the village council.” Another netizen in the microblogging message said: “at Home to hear a loud noise, followed by the sound of the cross car (ambulance sound), at that Time did not think it was an explosion.”
The local police informed the same evening that the 59-year-old suspect surnamed Hu carried flammable explosive substances to the village building ignited in the morning, resulting in five people, including the suspect, died on the spot, and five others were injured.
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