Procuratorate reveals motive for bus arson in Ningxia
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A suspected arsonist accused of setting fire on a bus last week in northwest China has been officially arrested.
![Investigators work at the accident site of bus fire in Helan County, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Jan. 5, 2016. Fourteen people were killed and more than 31 others injured, after the bus caught fire Tuesday morning. [Photo: Xinhua/Li Ran]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20160111/7427ea210acc17fd404d06.jpg "Investigators work at the accident site of bus fire in Helan County, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Jan. 5, 2016. Fourteen people were killed and more than 31 others injured, after the bus caught fire Tuesday morning. [Photo: Xinhua/Li Ran]") |
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Investigators work at the accident site of bus fire in Helan County, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Jan. 5, 2016. Fourteen people were killed and more than 31 others injured, after the bus caught fire Tuesday morning. [Photo: Xinhua/Li Ran] |
Authorities say Ma Yongping failed to resolve a financial dispute with a construction contractor and expressed his discontent by setting the bus on fire.
The incident in the city of Yinchuan killed 17 people and injured 33 others.
Ma was detained hours after the fire was started.
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