Miner blamed for lethal China bus blast

An explosion that killed 11 people aboard a bus in China’s north west last week was caused by a coal miner who was angry over a work-related injury, police said today.

Miner blamed for lethal China bus blast
Mon, 24 Jan, 2005 - 08:35

An explosion that killed 11 people aboard a bus in China’s north west last week was caused by a coal miner who was angry over a work-related injury, police said today.

The miner, Bai Qinghua, was among those killed when the bus exploded on Thursday in Kuytun, a city in the Xinjiang region, the official Xinhua News Agency said.

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