Man gets 6 years for setting blast outside Beijing airport

BEIJING, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- A court in Beijing Tuesday sentenced to six years in prison a man convicted of setting off explosives at the Beijing Capital International Airport in July.

Ji Zhongxing, 33, of east Shandong province, set off a homemade explosive device outside the airport's Terminal 3, injuring himself and a police officer at the scene, Chinese news agency Xinhua reported.

The Chaoyang District People's Court sentenced the wheelchair-bound man for causing an explosion in a public place, which carries a sentence of three to 10 years.