The Ministry of Public Security indentified the attack as a “criminal act”, ruling out any terrorist motives.
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Suspect Wei Yinyong, 33, made timed explosive devices and either planted them or hired people to deliver them, the official Xinhua News Agency said, citing police in Liuzhou city, which administers Liucheng county.
A few of the bombs were placed in location in advance and then detonated remotely, such as the device that wrecked the dormitory of the Animal Husbandry Bureau in Liucheng, killing four people and injuring many others.
A somewhat obscure element of China, the 17 unified blasts across Liuzhou, ruined one entire side of a low rise residential building, overturned vehicles and sent bricks showering pictures carried by state media, to the road revealed.
Actually, Ren said he was buying the explosives and keeping them with no issues at home for the past decade, though he appeared to don’t have any violent intent. He died on the scene, it added.
On Thursday morning, another blast was reported in Liuzhou, although it only caused minor damage and no casualties.
Police had combed through findings from on-site investigations, interviews and surveillance footage, according to the state media report.
China tightly restricts the use of firearms, making bombs the frequent weapon of choice in revenge attacks. Knives are generally involved in the violence there.
The explosions the man set off happened on Wednesday afternoon.
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In the same month, a petrol bomb set off by a disgruntled former employee at a rural bank in a heavily Tibetan region of northwestern China’s Gansu province wounded 49 people. Two people are reported to be still missing following the incidents.
