A Chinese man upset over a financial dispute set fire to a moving bus and fled as the flames trapped people inside, killing 17 of them and injuring 32, authorities and state media said.
Several hours later police caught 33-year-old Ma Yongping on a construction site in Yinchuan, the capital of Ningxia region, the regional government’s news office said.
State media reported the suspect was upset over a financial dispute with a subcontractor on a settlement project.
The man carried two buckets of gasoline onto the bus, ignited them with a lighter and escaped from the window on the bus driver’s side, state media said.
The state broadcaster CCTV said the suspect surrendered after a four-hour standoff with police.
Several serious bus fires in recent years in China have been blamed on people who were mentally unstable or with personal vendettas.
