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Police hunt for bombing suspect
By Di Fang (China Daily)
Updated: 2004-08-23 22:31
Police are still hunting for a man suspected of blowing up the home of a
municipal anti-corruption official in Hebei Province last week.
The wife of Li Huisheng, director of the Anti-corruption Bureau of the
Xingtai Municipal People's Procuratorate, was seriously hurt by the blast on
Thursday at their home in Xingtai, in the North China province.
Li's wife, Liu Haiyun, had both legs amputated and suffered serious face
injuries, sources with the Xingtai No 3 Hospital told China News Service.
According to residents living nearby, a man wearing a black T-shirt took a
taxi car to the gate of the Jinhua Residential District in Xingtai on Thursday
morning.
He walked into the area with a bag. Some 50 minutes later, the man walked out
and left in a taxi.
Shortly after, Liu opened the door to buy breakfast and a bomb exploded.
There was a lot of blood where Liu fell down and two big holes were left
in the hallway.
Li and their son were still at home but not injured by the blast.
Four families use the same entrance as Li's family and six neighbours were
slightly injured. They were released from hospital that same day.
Li and his family lived on the fifth floor of Building 3, in the Youdian
Building of Xingtai's Jinhua Residential District.
Local police say a contact switch was used to detonate the bomb.
"It means whenever the gate of Li's home opened, the contact bomb would blow
up," local police said.
The explosive used was high explosive, sources said.
Police are examining every one of Xingtai's 2,800 cabs one by one in hopes of
uncovering leads and the Xingtai Municipal Bureau of Public Security promised a
reward of 10,000 yuan (US$1,200) for valuable information on the case.
Neighbours said Li is an anti-corruption official who is modest and easy of
approach, but is not very often seen.
Although no arrests have been made and no motive has been determined for the
attack the blast has put in question of safety of anti-corruption officials.
A comment by the Hunan-based Rednet pointed out systems should be put in
place to fight corruption, take the spotlight away from individual officials and
help ensure their safety.
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