Man detonates explosive, slashes his throat at Shanghai airport

A 29-year-old man identified as Zhou Xingbai caused a major scare at the Shanghai airport when he detonated a bomb device near a check-in counter at the International airport wounding four passengers in the process before taking his own life by slashing his throat.

“According to the initial police investigation, a man took out a homemade explosive device in a beer bottle from a bag he was carrying and threw it in front of the check-in counters.

“After the beer bottle exploded, the man took out a dagger from his bag, slashed his own neck and collapsed on the floor,” said a Shanghai Police press statement.

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Preliminary investigation reveals that Zhou filled a beer bottle with gunpowder from fireworks and firecrackers. Police said they have found remnants of gunpowder in his residence in Kunshan, near Shanghai.

Reports sat the suspect who is originally from the south-western province of Guizhou in China made his way to the airport by taking several buses from his residence to commit the crime.

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