Beijing court hears airport blast case
Updated: 2013-09-17 13:12
(Xinhua)
|
|||||||||
BEIJING - A Beijing court on Tuesday began hearing the case of a man charged with causing a blast in the Beijing Capital International Airport in July.
The court hearing began at 9 am at the Beijing Chaoyang District People's Court, where the suspect, Ji Zhongxing, appeared on a stretcher.
Ji, a wheelchair-bound man from East China's Shandong province, set off a homemade explosive device outside the airport's Terminal 3 arrivals exit on July 20, severely injuring himself. A police officer at the scene suffered minor injuries in the explosion.
The Beijing Chaoyang District People's Procuratorate filed charges against Ji of causing an explosion on August 29.
According to the country's criminal law, anyone who causes an explosion or uses other means to endanger public security without causing serious consequences shall be sentenced to a fixed-term imprisonment of no less than three years but no more than ten years.
- Shipwrecked Concordia declared vertical off Italy
- Thirteen dead in US Navy Yard shooting
- 'Amazing Shanghai' on display in Big Apple
- Exporters to face more trade friction
- Watchdog bites with no favor
- Miss New York crowned 2014 Miss America
- Toddler-death defendant says he meant no harm
- Summers withdraws from Fed chair contest
Most Viewed
Editor's Picks
Xinjiang scores on the national stage at last |
Happily ever after until the divorce |
Africa looks to the Orient for lessons |
Private push |
Righting the wrongs of patent rights |
Growth driver |
Today's Top News
Trending news across China, Sept 17
BRICS pledge cooperation on climate change
CBRC set to regulate 'chaotic' WMPs
Exporters to face more trade friction
Thirteen dead in US Navy Yard shooting
China, US team up on Central Asia
UN confirms nerve gas used in Syria
Minimum growth rate set at 7 percent
US Weekly
Geared to go |
The place to be |