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Bus Hijacked and Set on Fire in China, Eight Killed

The incident took place near the entrance of a tunnel on the Fuzhou-Yinchuan Highway in Xi’an city.

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Local officials are on site to investigate a suspected arson attack on a bus in northwest China’s Shaanxi Province.(Photo: <a href="http://english.cri.cn/12394/2016/04/28/4161s925883.htm">xiancn.com</a>)
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Local officials are on site to investigate a suspected arson attack on a bus in northwest China’s Shaanxi Province.(Photo: xiancn.com)
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Eight people were killed and five others injured after a bus was hijacked and set on fire in north-west China’s Shaanxi Province, state media reported on Friday. The incident took place at about 12:40 PM (local time) on Thursday near the entrance of a tunnel on the Fuzhou-Yinchuan Highway in Xi’an city, the capital of Shaanxi.

The police declined to release more details, citing ongoing criminal investigation, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. It is not clear whether it was a terrorist act or carried out by disgruntled individuals.

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