S China bus explosion suspect blames gambling debts  

广州公交纵火嫌犯：处社会底层 不敢面对生活波折

回顾近年来发生的多起公交车纵火案，作案者的人生经历虽然不同，人生轨迹也难寻交叉点，但他们的经历和作案动机，又或多或少有一些重合之处。他们多因自己的生活、工作不顺，或身患疾病，对有的事件不满而迁怒他人，报复社会，从而将罪恶的双手伸向了无辜的群众。 [查看全文]

The suspect in Tuesday's bus explosion in south China's Guangzhou city has confessed that he set the vehicle on fire in anger after gambling losses, local police said Wednesday.

Police caught the suspect, a 25-year-old man surnamed Ou, in downtown Guangzhou in a raid at 11:47am on Wednesday, according to the municipal public security bureau.

Two people died and 32 were taken to hospital after the blast at around 7:30pm on Guangzhou Avenue, a pivotal road linking the northern and southern parts of the city.

Most of the victims suffered burns and are being treated at three hospitals in downtown Guangzhou, eight of them in intensive care.

The Guangdong Provincial No. 2 People's Hospital received seven victims, including a woman who is three months pregnant. The mother-to-be, 28, who gave her surname as Chen, had burns covering more than 40 percent of her body and suffered a broken leg. Doctors said the fetus's condition is unstable and needs 24-hour monitoring.

The most seriously injured patient, a 16-year-old boy, is in critical condition and was transferred to another hospital at noon Wednesday.

China has been shocked by a string of violent attacks in recent months.On July 5, a 34-year-old man was suspected of setting fire to a bus in Hangzhou in east China's Zhejiang province, injuring 32 people.