Reuters Beijing Office Intruded by Man Claiming with Bomb

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Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Wednesday, March 12, 2003

Reuters Beijing Office Intruded by Man Claiming with Bomb

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A man, in his 30s and reported from Yichun, Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, burst into the Reuter Beijing office in the 6th floor of the Shengfu Mansion, in Beijing's Chaoyang District, claiming with a black bag stuffed with explosives.

The police are still confronting the man who intruded the Beijing bureau office of Reuters at Shengfu Mansion in eastern Beijing Wednesday morning.

A Reuters staff called the police immediately and the Chinese police rushed to the mansion five minutes after the call. All Reuters staffs have evacuated to the mansion lobby.

Witness says the intruder, who claimed to have a bomb and aged around 30, is wearing a black jacket and carrying a black bag with him. In his hand, he holds something like a igniting equipment, with the fuse being left outside the bag. From the accent, the intruder is probably from northeast China.

The entire Shengfu Mansion is sealed off by the police. And eight to nine fire control vehicles are waiting at orders for actions. Some policemen with rifles have been allowed into the mansion, the witness says.

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