Changsha IRD Building bombing explained
| Changsha IRD Building Bombings |
| Location: | Changsha, Hunan, China |
| Date: | July 30, 2010 |
| Time: | 16:15 |
| Timezone: | UTC+8 |
| Type: | Bombings |
| Fatalities: | 4 |
| Injuries: | 19 |
| Perp: | Liu Zhuiheng |
| Weapons: | Bombs |
The Changsha IRD Building Bombings (Chinese language: 長沙稅務分局大樓爆炸事件) occurred on July 30, 2010 at about 4:15pm, and resulted in four deaths and 19 injuries.[1] The site of the blasts was the third floor of the Dongtundu (Chinese: 東屯渡) Inland Revenue Department Branch Building in Furong District, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Police announced that the explosion was deliberate. The bomb exploded under a conference table, and killed two people and seriously injured ten others on the spot; two among the wounded died after being taken to the hospital.
On December 30, 2010, 52-year-old Liu Zhuiheng (Chinese: 刘赘衡) was convicted and sentenced to death by the Changsha Intermediate People's Court,[2] and was subsequently executed on December 29, 2011. Two accomplices received sentences of seven years' imprisonment.[3]
External links
- News: 長沙一稅務局爆炸兩人死. BBC News. 2010-07-30.
- News: 長沙稅務局爆炸增至4死. Sina.com (新浪香港). 2010-07-30. 2010-08-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20100812072639/http://news.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/nw/show.cgi/32/1/1/1804976/1.html. 2010-08-12. dead.
- News: 长沙税务局爆炸已致4死19伤 警方已立案侦查. People's Daily Online (人民网). 2010-07-31. 2010-08-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20100803193739/http://society.people.com.cn/GB/41158/12304192.html. 2010-08-03. dead.
Notes and References
- News: 长沙税务分局大楼爆炸4死19伤. NetEase (网易). 2010-07-31. 2010-08-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20100803210513/http://news.163.com/10/0731/06/6CTCAJ5G00014AED.html. 2010-08-03. dead.
- News: 2010-12-30. 长沙税务分局大楼爆炸案犯刘赘衡一审获死刑. Perpetrator of Changsha STA branch building bombing case Liu Zhuiheng received death penalty in first instance. zh. China News Service. 2024-08-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20240813085742/https://www.chinanews.com.cn/fz/2010/12-30/2757355.shtml. 2024-08-13. live.
- News: 2011-12-29. 长沙国税局爆炸案罪犯被执行死刑 曾致4亡17伤. Changsha STA bombing case culprit executed; left 4 dead and 17 injured. zh. China News Service. 2024-08-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20240410205230/https://www.chinanews.com.cn/fz/2011/12-29/3570181.shtml. 2024-04-10. live.
