A suicide bomber rammed his auto into the Chinese embassy in Kyrgyzstan’s capital city Bishkek on Tuesday, leaving at least three people dead and several injured.
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A van driven by asuicide bomber exploded after ramming through a gate at theChinese embassy in Kyrgyzstan today, wounding three people, authorities said.
The vehicle bomb attack injured three people employed by the embassy and two others, Chinese Foreign Office spokesperson Hua Chunying told a press conference in Beijing.
The action detonated the bomb and killed the driver of the vehicle while injuring three embassy employees, he said. The source, however, said that it is too early to call the incident a “terrorist attack”.
A witness told the Associated Press that the blast was “strong”, shattering windows and damaging doors nearby.
This attack was convicted by the foreign ministry of China and they urged Kyrgyz authorities to conduct the investigation to find out the reasons for this tragedy.
Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said.
And in 2000, Uighur separatists were blamed for an attack that left two other Chinese diplomats dead.
Photos from the scene showed the inner courtyard of the embassy compound littered with debris.
Impoverished majority-Muslim Kyrgyzstan – which borders western China – has a history of political instability and battling extremism.
An anti-Chinese militant group made up of ethnic Uighurs is also active in the region.
The country’s national security committee said that a criminal case for “terrorism” had been launched in response to the incident.
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The attack occurred just one day before Kyrgyzstan celebrates its 25th anniversary of independence from the former Soviet Union.
