Himalayan News Service

Beijing, July 22:

China today denied that the explosives used in the July 7 London bombings were from a military plant in the country. According to a Xinhua report, the Israeli intelligence agency, Mossad, had claimed that the explosives used in the London terror attacks might have come from China. “It is extremely irresponsible to make such a rash guess,” Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Kong Quan said. He said China had carried out an investigation after learning about the report. But no such production plant or laboratory cited in the report existed. Investigators did not find the reported explosives on the list of the military gunpowder

or explosives that China makes or exports, Kong said. The Mossad had claimed that the explosive material used in the bombings was developed and produced at the Chinese ZDF arms factory, located about 65 km from Beijing. Mossad officials said the explosive material used was the same as that utilised in an April 2003 attack in Tel Aviv.