Car Explodes at Chinese Embassy in Kyrgyzstan in Suspected Suicide Bombing


Car Explodes at Chinese Embassy in Kyrgyzstan in Suspected Suicide Bombing

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A suspected suicide bomber rammed the gates of the Chinese embassy in the Kyrgyz capital Bishek on Tuesday, killing himself and wounding three others, officials said.

Kyrgyzstan’s Interior Ministry spokesman said the car exploded inside the compound and quoted Deputy Prime Minister Janysh Razakov as describing the blast as "a terrorist act".

Police, who cordoned off the building and the adjacent area, and the GKNB state security service said they were investigating the incident, which occurred around 1000 local time (0400 GMT).

Authorities in Kyrgyzstan, a former Soviet republic of 6 million people, routinely detain suspected militants accused of being linked to the Daesh (ISIL), which actively recruits from Central Asia, Reuters reported. 

An anti-Chinese militant group made up of ethnic Uighurs is also active in the region. In 2014, Kyrgyz border guards killed 11 people believed to be members of that group who had illegally crossed the Chinese-Kyrgyz border.

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