|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
By Category |
 |
|
|
| |
|
| |
| |
India On Media |
|
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
| Others
News |
|
| US charges suspect over Chinese |
| US charges suspect over Chinese consulate arson attack
|
| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 7-January-2014
2:44:50 AM |
| US investigators have arrested a Chinese-born man over an arson attack on China's consulate in San Francisco which triggered strong protest from Beijing, officials and reports said on Monday.
Yan Feng, 39, who lives south of the city, surrendered to police on Friday and has been charged with criminal offenses including causing damage to a diplomatic mission, said the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
According to an affidavit, he "detonated incendiary or explosive devices in the vicinity of the front entrance of the Chinese Consulate in San Francisco on January 1, causing significant property damage," said an FBI statement.
The Chinese native, who is a permanent US resident, told federal agents that he was driven not by politics but by "voices he had been hearing," according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
He called police two days after the New Year's Day blaze, which seriously damaged the consulate's entrance, and said via a Mandarin-language interpreter that he had "made the fire," it said.
The attack, which came on the 35th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between Washington and Beijing, was condemned by the consulate as a "despicable act" and is under police investigation.
According to the San Francisco Chronicle, David J. Johnson, head of the FBI's San Francisco office, said "we're looking at it, and we have looked at this, purely as a criminal matter."
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ADVERTISEMENTS
Free offer!!! Become an administrator for your zip home page, "Post" local news (local to your postcode)& pictures, "Post" advertisement banners from local companies. Make Extra money.
|
 |
 |
|
|
| |
|
