Opinion | Revenge behind bomb attack on Liuzhou official

A bomb attack that killed the Liuzhou city planning bureau chief on Thursday is officially deemed a robbery attempt, but Chinese netizens speculate that it was part of a revenge plot against another corrupt official.

There is no evidence that He was corrupt, but that has not stopped the chatter on China's micro-blogging service, Sina Weibo, many of whose users hailed the attack.

"Kill all the officials," one netizen posted. "Believe me, none of them are innocent."

"Good job," joked another netizen. "Why not kill the head of the housing bureau as well?"

The bomb suspect had followed He home around noon on Thursday, bringing a bomb, a knife and a fake gun, said People's Daily. He stabbed the victim with the knife and detonated the bomb when He tried to break away, said the report.