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Vicky Feng

Several incidents of violence have been reported in Beijing in the aftermath of the attempted suicide by an aggrieved petitioner at the capital's international airport on Saturday.
On Monday, a man armed with a knife went on a rampage at a Carrefour shopping centre, in Beijing’s western district, wounding at least four people. Police have arrested a Beijing-native surnamed Wang, born in 1963 at the scene, local police said in a statement.
One child was among those wounded, Beijing News reported on its microblog. The report did not say what triggered the attack.
Last Thursday, a knife-yielding man stabbed two people, including one US woman, to death, in a similar incident.
In two unrelated incidents, Beijing police arrested two men for “threatening to carry bombs and attempting to disturb social order” in the capital.
Four hours after petitioner Ji Zhongxing caused an explosion at Beijing Capital International Airport on Saturday, a 39-year-old man surnamed Wang from Beijing’s Miyun county threatened to set off explosives at a Beijing airport to protest against land seizures, according to a statement by Beijing police.
Only one hour later, a 31-year-old man surnamed Liu from Jiangsu province, threatened to detonate explosives at a video arcade, police said. Both men have since been arrested.
Many Chinese netizens blamed a “butterfly effect” and criticised the government for failing to address petitioners’ grievances. “If the government continues in its corrupt ways, everybody will become Ji Zhongxing,” said one Weibo user. “Using lives to protest is the last way for ordinary people to seek changes,” wrote another.
Others have praised police for handling all cases swiftly.
On Monday, police carried out a series of raids throughout the capital, which led to the seizure of 327 pistols, 631 fake pistols, more than 12,000 rounds of ammunition, 1,123 knives and 61 crossbows, Beijing News reported.
Additional reporting by Patrick Boehler.


Knife attacks and bomb threats follow Beijing airport explosion 

Scene of the stabbing in Beijing earlier on Monday. Screenshot from Sina Weibo 

Beijing airport after the explosion. Photo: EPA

Beijing airport bomber's 'mistreatment' case reopened

Ji Zhongxing in the Beijing airport. Photo: SCMP

The moment of the blast, posted by a weibo user

Sympathy for Beijing bomber as a frustrated life is revealed

A man watches the closed-circuit television system broadcasting an explosion in T3 terminal at the Beijing Capital International Airport on Saturday. Photo: Xinhua

Ji Zhongxing shortly before detonating the explosive. He was a motorcycle driver in Dongguan, where he was severely beaten by police staff in 2005. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Chinese police tighten security at Beijing International Airport's Terminal 3 on Saturday. Photo: AP

Pictured: Moment man sets off bomb at Beijing airport

One Weibo photo posted by a witness purportedly shows the moment of detonation. SCMP Pictures

Ji Zhongxing waves near an arrival exit before smoke fills the area. Photo: SMP

Medical workers and policemen work at an explosion site in T3 terminal of the Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing. Photo: Xinhua

Airport staffs clean the floor and glasses at the arrival gate B where an explosion occurred at the Terminal 3 of Beijing Capital International Airport. Photo: Reuters

Policemen clear site of an explosion at Terminal 3 of the Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing. Photo: Xinhua

A witness to an explosion is mobbed by journalists at Beijing International Airport's Terminal 3, in Beijing, China. Photo: AP

In this photo made by a mobile phone, police officers work at the site amid smoke after a man in a wheelchair set off a homemade bomb at Terminal 3 of Beijing International Airport, in Beijing. Photo: AP

US woman stabbed to death in front of Beijing shoppers

A dead body is carried away after a knife-wielding man killed two people near a shopping mall in Beijing. Photo: AFP

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