Five injured in Shanghai airport explosion
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Policemen stand guard at the site where an explosion happened at Shanghai Pudong International Airport in east China's Shanghai, June 12, 2016. [Xinhua] |
Five people were injured in an explosion at Shanghai Pudong International Airport Sunday afternoon, authorities said.
The explosion happened at around 2:26 p.m. when a man threw a homemade beer bottle explosive to a check-in counter in Terminal 2, the Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau said in a statement Sunday evening.
After the explosion, the man took a knife from his backpack, cut his neck and then fell to the ground, police said.
The suspect, now in critical condition, was under emergency treatment.
Four passengers, including a Philippine national, were slightly injured by shards of glass and were being treated in hospital.
A further investigation is under way.
A few flights were affected as their passengers were scheduled to check in at the explosion site, but the airport is now in normal operation.
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