A suicide bomber blew himself up on a bus in central Fuzhou yesterday, killing himself and injuring 31 others, local police said. The suspected bomber, Huang Maojin, died at the scene.
According to a suicide note, Huang said he had a dispute with one of his neighbours in 2002. He claimed he had been unfairly treated by the local public security department and was sentenced to jail until the end of 2003.
Chinese media report the blast in the capital of East China's Fujian Province went off at 2:32 pm as the No 5 bus pulled in at the Dongjiekou Stop in Dongda Road, one of the city's busiest streets.
Huang suffered from cancer and the imprisonment delayed treatment of his illness, he claimed.
Huang's family was heavily in debt and his children were unable to go to school because of lack of money, the letter said.
Police are still investigating the case.
