Three die as blasts hit three Chinese buses: media

Reuters
Monday, July 21, 2008

Deliberate explosions on three Chinese buses killed at least three people and injured 14 in the southwestern city of Kunming on Monday, media said, amid a security clampdown ahead of next month’s Beijing Olympics.

The official Xinhua news agency blamed the blasts on “sabotage” and said police had started roadside checks in Kunming, the capital of Yunnan province, to try to find the person or persons responsible. It did not elaborate.

The attack happened less than three weeks before the Beijing Games which China has warned could be a target of terror attacks.

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An explosion on one bus happened at the Panjiawan stop at 7.10 a.m. and the second blast was nearby, Xinhua said. Pictures showed a gaping hold in the side of one of the buses and glass scattered in the street.

Another explosion occurred near Minshan, also nearby, the semi-official China News Service said in a report on its website (www.chinanews.com.cn).

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2 Responses to “Three die as blasts hit three Chinese buses: media”

1. dave Says:
   July 21st, 2008 at 9:16 pm

   It’s plain to see what’s going on here, but what are corrupt elements of the Chinese leadership doing, chosing Tibetans as their “terrorists”?

   It’s like the TSA strip searching grandpa at the airport as a likely hi-jack threat. It’s farcical. They need to find a more credible boogeyman for their false-flag ops.

   One who has only a vague understanding of Tibetan culture might erroneously argue that after decades of political repression, they have a motive for retaliation, but they would be wrong.

   Generally, as a people, Tibetans are deeply committed to a path of non-violence. Why? Because, as buddhists, they regard EGO (along with all its attendant hopes and fears) and the tendancy to cling to one’s ego as the central obstacle in a person’s struggle towards enlightenment, not other people.

   It is taught that resorting to violence is a sign of utter failure to recognize the true nature of ones circumstances, and therefore only leads to further violence.

   So not only do the Tibetan people lack a motive for violence, they also have little means and virtually no opportunity to carry out the same.

   Trying to set up such unlikely marks as “terrorists” is a sure sign of Chinese desparation.

2. Chinese Democracy Says:
   July 22nd, 2008 at 1:48 am

   Reeks like a classic false flag to me.