Man throws explosive onto bus in China, 17 injured in blast caught on camera
- Police hunt 44-year-old suspect who boarded bus and set fire to package
- Injured passengers in stable condition after explosion that blew out the vehicle’s windows
Seventeen people were injured in an explosion on a bus in southwestern China on Wednesday evening and police are searching for a 44-year-old male suspect, local media reported on Thursday.
In security camera footage being circulated on social media, a man can be seen boarding the bus in Jiajiang county, near the city of Leshan in Sichuan province, and lighting a package wrapped in cloth before flinging it further into the vehicle, which quickly becomes engulfed in flames.
Local police said they believed the culprit was Lu Shibing, a Jiajiang local, and urged the public to provide information.
The injured were sent to hospital and all are in a stable condition, according to the Jiajiang county police’s WeChat account.
Other video footage, from The Beijing News, showed a bus stationary on a busy road, with smoke pouring from the front.