Poison gas leak in Qiqihar exclude the Japanese abandoned chemical weapons may

At 15:52 on June 7, 2008 --

-- Qiqihar June 7 (Xinhua Liang Dong, Cao Yang Ji) - from the municipal government of Qiqihar in Heilongjiang Province was informed that the experts initially determined that, on June 5 casualties caused by leaking gas cylinder to contain the gas - the gas - Containers, non-military poison gas bomb, ruled out the Japanese abandoned chemical weapons may be.

June 5 morning, the District of Qiqihar City Tiefeng waste Shougou Zhan Guangyu, the demolition of two migrant workers cut waste caused by gas leakage cylinder, resulting in 18 casualties. The two cylinders similar to the shape of small oxygen cylinders, a 1.2 m high, another 1.5 meters high.

After the accident, the local garrison coordination professionals to identify the gas, sending professionals wearing protective equipment have entered the scene, take photographs of unknown objects, higher-level professional departments to identify categories of objects. On the 5th afternoon, the rapid build-up in anti-chemical warfare unit-emergency units arrived on the scene, the cylinder for chemical testing.

6, the experts entered the scene, the unidentified cylinder inspection, photography, the spill for sampling, identification, on-site testing. After testing by experts, than kind, research and analysis, initially determined that the cylinder to contain phosgene containers, ruled out the possibility of a gas bomb.