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Bomb blast in China courtroom kills five
The explosion was used as a way to vent resentment over personal family issues.
Five people were killed and 22 were injured after a bomb was set off in a courtroom in far western China, the Xinhua News Agency reported on Saturday.
The explosive was ignited manually by a 62-year-old farmer, Qian Wenzhao.
Two people died on the spot, while three died later in a hospital. The dead included the president of the court and a senior county official, as well as Qian himself.
The reason behind the attack was cited as a personal feud. The bomber's son was made to pay 71,000 yuan as part of a divorce settlement. He paid only a small fraction before fleeing.
As a result, orders to detain the son were issued by the court, who killed himself while being brought back.
Discontented or disturbed attackers in China have used mining explosives or fertiliser devices in previous bombings.
In August, a farmer with lung cancer set off a bomb on a bus in Fuzhou in south-eastern Fujian province, wounding 31 people, and in July, a murder suspect set off a bomb in a shopping mall in northeastern China, injuring 47 people.
