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Photo taken on July 20, 2013 with a cellphone shows Ji Zhongxing (man on the wheelchair), suspect of an explosion at Terminal 3 of the Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, capital of China. Ji, a 34-year-old from Heze City of east China's Shandong Province, set off a home-made explosive device outside the arrivals exit of the Terminal 3 at around 6:24 p.m. Saturday after he was stopped from handing out leaflets to get attention to his complaints, an initial police investigation showed. Ji suffered no life-threatening injuries and no other injuries were caused. The police cordon at the arrivals exit has been removed, and the airport has begun to resume normal order. (Xinhua File Photo)
Ji Zhongxing, who was suspected of setting off a home-made explosive at the Beijing Capital International Airport, has been arrested, police said Tuesday.
The Chaoyang district procuratorate approved Ji's arrest on Monday, the airport police said.
Ji, a 33-year-old wheelchair-bound man from Shandong Province, confessed that he prepared and carried the explosive and leaflets to Terminal 3 of the airport and triggered the explosive device on July 20, the police said.
Ji said he did this for personal purposes, the police said.
He has been in custody since July 21.
According to earlier reports, the explosion caused no casualty except Ji who injured himself.
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