Salvadors Update
I've been in touch with one of the four owners of Salvadors recently and have heard an update that sheds a little more light on the Christmas Eve bombing.
Evidently, the police have concluded that the bomb detonated while still in a backpack on the bomber's back, and that the bomber was on his way out of the shop at the time. He had apparently ordered a mocha and a waffle, and so the police surmise that he had gone there merely to eat on his way to bomb a different target.
Also, the police believe he was acting alone, despite the existence of a piece of paper with nine different fingerprints.
Anyone who has been in China long enough treats police announcements with a fair amount of skepticism, but in this case the Salvadors guys believe them. They're also heartened, understandably, that their cafe does not appear to be the target.
And as unfortunate an incident this was, I think we all can be grateful that the bomber only succeeded in killing himself and that no one else was even injured.
January 5th, 2009 - 12:16
This is so bizarre! Glad no one else was hurt. Must have been pretty awful for the owners and staff of Salvadors.