A report from Fox news confirmed that
a small bomb was detonated outside the U.S.
Embassy compound in Beijing on Thursday.
The bomber, a 26-year-old man, was injured in
the incident, police said.
The police statement identified the man only by
his surname, Jiang, and said he was from the
city of Tongliao in the Chinese region of Inner
Mongolia.
Bystanders shared video of the aftermath on
social media, showing images of smoke
unfurling in the street and what appeared to be
police vehicles surrounding the building in the
city's Chaoyang District.
The blast occurred around 1 p.m. local time
and could be heard from blocks away,
The New York Times reported.
Witnesses told Reuters they felt tremors, and
later saw police examining a vehicle outside
the compound.
Police reportedly "took away a woman spraying
gasoline on herself in suspected attempt at
self-immolation" at around 11 a.m., the ruling
Communist Party newspaper Global Times
said.
China and the U.S. are in the middle of a trade
dispute.
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