Eight killed in bus hijacking in China

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Press Trust of India Beijing
Last Updated : Apr 29 2016 | 12:57 PM IST
Eight people were killed and five others injured after a bus was hijacked and set on fire in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, state media reported today.
The incident took place at about 12:40 PM (local time) yesterday near the entrance of a tunnel on the Fuzhou-Yinchuan Highway in Xi'an city, the capital of Shaanxi.
The police declined to release more details, citing ongoing criminalinvestigation, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
It is not clear whether it was a terrorist act or carried out by disgruntled individuals.
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First Published: Apr 29 2016 | 12:57 PM IST