An explosive device was detonated near a public area at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing Thursday, injuring one person.
A 26-year old man from Inner Mongolia detonated an explosive device around 1 p.m., the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau said on its official Weibo account. The man was being treated in a hospital for a non-life threatening injury, the police said.
“Other than the bomber, there were no injuries,” the U.S. Embassy spokesperson said.
Tensions between China and the U.S. have been running high in recent weeks as the two sides spar over everything from the U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war to increased military ties with Taiwan.
Chinese dissidents have over the years attempted to set themselves on fire or engage in other violent acts, including a petitioner who injured himself while detonating a bomb at Beijing’s international airport in July 2013. Later that year, three members of the Uighur ethnic minority killed themselves and two bystanders after driving into a crowd in Tiananmen Square.
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