The disabled old man took advantage of this gap and rushed to the bottom of the steps at the entrance of the auditorium. The two staff members guarding the door had already seen this scene. One of them urgently reported the situation to the leader of the conference with a walkie-talkie, while the other hurriedly rushed up to stop the disabled old man.
The disabled old man had already calculated everything in his heart. When he saw him rushing over, he took out a box from his military belt with his right hand. His left hand pinched the fuse on top of the box and silently pulled it open. He raised his hand and threw it at the door on the stairs. He even said gloatingly, "This is really a bag of explosives. Everyone, stay away. Don't blow yourself up, haha!"
The staff member holding the walkie-talkie saw that the bag of explosives was thrown at the entrance, not far from him. He was about to rush over and kick it away when he heard the disabled old man shout, "Don't go. This is short. It will explode soon. If you want to live, run quickly." As he said this, he threw himself to the ground first.
The staff member didn't know whether it was true or not, but he would rather believe it than not. He turned around and ran.
At 10: 18 in the morning, in the auditorium, the Municipal Political Consultative Conference had just passed the agenda and agenda of the conference. The Municipal Political Consultative Conference Chairman Zhang Keli was about to give a report on the work of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Political Consultative Conference. All the participants were in a state of excitement. Suddenly, a loud bang came from the entrance of the auditorium. Then, the ground of the auditorium shook three times. The venue was immediately in chaos.
Some people thought it was an earthquake and got up and ran outside. Some people were shocked and stood up suddenly. When they saw people running outside, they also ran out. Some people were baffled and stared blankly at the entrance of the auditorium. Then, the people below the stage whispered in a panicked atmosphere.
The more than 20 leaders sitting on the rostrum were also a little panicked, but no one showed it on their faces. Even if they showed it, they wouldn't go too far. No one would get up and run for their lives. After all, they were leaders. They were experienced and knowledgeable. Their psychological quality and ability were much better than ordinary leaders, and they cared more about their face.
The Municipal Political Consultative Conference Chairman Zhang Keli saw that the venue was really chaotic. He patted the microphone and said in a deep voice, "Silence, silence, don't panic!" After that, he exchanged glances with the Municipal Party Committee Secretary Song Chaoyang. Both of them were somewhat puzzled.
The Secretary-General of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Political Consultative Conference immediately got up and left his seat. He waved his hand to call the staff outside the venue to ask what had happened.
During this process, the order of the venue was slowly restored. Most people returned to their seats, but it was still unavoidable that there were whispers and whispers.
For a time, not only was the meeting of the CPPCC maliciously suspended, but it also turned into a messy market.
Song Chaoyang, Sun Yaozu, Zhang Keli, and the other team leaders soon found out the reason for the loud noise, but the cause of the incident was still unknown.
Song Chaoyang instructed Zhou Yuansong, the Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee's Political and Legal Affairs Committee and the Director of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, to immediately organize an elite force to interrogate and investigate the disabled old man. He also instructed the Municipal Party Committee's Publicity Department, Zheng Zijuan, to immediately order all the publicity units at all levels to promptly seal the mouth and prevent the spread of this malicious incident.
By the time everything had been arranged, half an hour had already passed. In other words, the CPPCC meeting was suspended and delayed by half an hour due to the sudden vicious explosion. This kind of situation was extremely rare in Qingyang City and other cities in the province.
Zhang Keli, the Chairman of the Municipal Political Consultative Conference, was extremely ashamed because of this. He felt that the security of this CPPCC meeting was not good enough. Otherwise, how could such a sensational incident with a huge social impact happen? If this matter was spread out, perhaps even the provincial leaders would rise to their feet.
He did not know that Song Chaoyang, the Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, also secretly felt lucky. He thought that it was fortunate that this incident did not happen at the CPPCC meeting. Otherwise, the impact would definitely be worse. However, this also reminded him that when the CPPCC meeting was held in a few days, he must pay attention to strengthening the security work. At the same time, after figuring out the criminal motive of the perpetrator, he should take some special precautions against the same kind of people.
Li Rui learned about this situation thanks to Ji Xiaojia.
Unlike him, Ji Xiaojia did not rush back to the office to work when the leaders were having a meeting. Instead, she accompanied her boss, Zheng Zijuan, and worked blindly in a small conference room outside the auditorium. When the explosion happened, she was startled. She stood up and looked around. Out of the mentality of avoiding danger, she stayed in the small conference room and did not go out.
Later, the staff of the CPPCC meeting ran in and told everyone in the small conference room not to go out for the time being. There was a madman making explosions outside with several explosives in his hands.
After hearing this situation, who dared to go out? Everyone hid in the room dejectedly. They even deliberately locked the door, for fear that the madman and his accomplices would rush in and blow up people.
Ji Xiaojia was so frightened that she could not work in peace for a while. She glanced at Li Rui's name on the communication tool and told him about this matter. On the one hand, she wanted to pass on the latest news of the meeting. On the other hand, she wanted to chat with him to relax.
Humans, in times of great joy, sorrow, shock, or fear, would subconsciously look for others to talk to. This was an instinctive behavior of high-level animals in nature.
After Li Rui received the news, how could he sit still? He did not care about his work. He got up, put on a coat, and rushed to the auditorium. He was afraid that he would not be found when his boss came looking for him. He was also very worried. He did not know if the person who made the explosion had other accomplices besides the madman. If there were, would this group of people cause harm to the leaders in the meeting?
When he arrived at the auditorium, his eyes lit up. Good lord, the area around the auditorium, including the square, was under martial law by the public security and armed police. The armed police were fully armed and armed with steel guns. Their expressions were extremely serious, as if they were facing a great enemy. They surrounded the auditorium so tightly that even mosquitoes could not fly through. In the inner circle, the special police were also fully armed and ready for battle. There were also some criminal police and public security officers in groups of two or three. They were leading German Blackback police dogs and were conducting a comprehensive search in the auditorium square and inside and outside the auditorium. They even searched the trash cans. Some elderly volunteers and security personnel gathered together and whispered something.
In the afternoon, even if the city leaders wanted to keep it a secret, the explosion at the entrance of the CPPCC meeting venue was known to all the people present. These people, together with the public security officers, armed police, and volunteer security personnel who participated in the security outside the venue, returned home and told their relatives, friends, and neighbors about the incident. The news spread like wildfire. In the evening, 30% of the city's population knew about the incident.
At six o 'clock in the evening, the CPPCC meeting ended. In the meeting room of the Municipal Party Committee's Standing Committee, the 11 members of the Standing Committee were all seated. The Chairman of the Municipal CPPCC, Zhang Keli, and the Secretary-General of the Standing Committee of the CPPCC were also present. In addition, the leader of the Municipal Public Security Bureau's Special Task Force in charge of today's auditorium explosion was also present.
This was an absolutely temporary meeting of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee. If there was another adjective to describe it, it would be "urgent". What they were discussing was how to deal with the explosion that happened during the CPPCC meeting today. Although no one was killed or injured in this explosion, the social impact caused by it was very bad and huge. If it was not handled well, Qingyang City's reputation would collapse after this explosion, and after that, it could lead to a decline or even a regression in social, economic, and livelihood development. For example, if a foreign investor wanted to invest in Qingyang City and saw that the public security in Qingyang City was so bad that someone dared to cause a public explosion on such an important day like the CPPCC meeting, then what about other days? Who would dare to come again?
Therefore, the Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, Song Chaoyang, and the Mayor, Sun Yaozu, both attached great importance to this case. After some discussion, they decided to convene this temporary Standing Committee to discuss and solve all the problems associated with this explosion.
Li Rui took minutes of the meeting as usual.
Song Chaoyang presided over the meeting and said, "First, let's invite the comrades of the Municipal Public Security Bureau's Special Task Force to introduce the details of the case."
Hearing this, the leader of the Special Task Force stood up and began to introduce the case with a notebook in his hand.
He had just finished his opening remarks when Song Chaoyang interrupted him and said, "Sit down and talk."
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