Bombings in Fuzhou, China: A Tactical Follow-Up

It is clear from the damage caused by three improvised explosive devices (IEDs) that were detonated in the Chinese city of Fuzhou on May 26 that they were all small and unsophisticated. The IEDs caused few casualties, and though they required some degree of planning, they did not rise to the level of coordinated bombings in places such as Iraq. Photos from the scene showed white smoke, which is consistent with an explosion involving ammonium nitrate-based commercial explosives. These are fairly easy to acquire in China and commonly used in mines or construction and occasionally in attacks of this sort.