Five days after the Chinese Consulate was torched by a person seen pouring
two buckets of gasoline on the San Francisco building, the FBI announced the
arrest of a 39-year-old Daly City man in connection with the blaze.
The FBI named Yan Feng as the person agents arrested following the Jan. 1
blaze at 1450 Laguna Street in the city's Lower Pacific Heights neighborhood.
Feng self-surrendered to Daly City police by calling them on Friday, according
to the FBI.
Special agent in charge David Johnson said authorities do not believe there
are any ties to terrorism, and that the explosion was "an isolated
incident."
The FBI did not state any possible motive for why Feng - a Chinese national
but a permanent U.S. resident - would have allegedly set the fire. The minivan
that was seen in security video outside the building the night of the fire has
been recovered, agent said.
Feng faces charges of damages property belong to a foreign establishment
and arson.
(01-06) 12:22 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- A Daly City man has been
arrested in connection with last week's arson attack at the Chinese Consulate in
San Francisco, which turned out to be unrelated to politics, the FBI said
Monday.
Agency officials said Yan Feng, 39, called authorities on Friday and soon
turned himself in at Daly City's police headquarters. He was subsequently
arrested on suspicion of two federal charges, arson and damaging the property of
a foreign government.
The FBI declined to comment on Yeng's alleged motive, but said it
had nothing to do with terrorism, politics or civil rights.
美方公布中国领馆纵火嫌犯身份 称未涉“藏独”
案发现场
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中新社旧金山1月6日电(记者
刘丹)美国联邦调查局FBI旧金山地区办公室1月6日上午宣布，元旦夜间对中国驻旧金山总领事馆纵火的嫌犯已向警察局自首。
当天上午近12时，FBI在位于金门路450号的联邦大楼一楼举行新闻发布会，FBI旧金山地区办公室负责人戴维·约翰逊和旧金山警察局长格瑞格·苏尔等出席。
约翰逊说，嫌犯是1名39岁男子冯岩(音译，Yan Feng)，周五(3日)下午自行打电话给帝力市警察局自首。帝力市位于旧金山南面。
约翰逊说，冯岩的犯罪行为只是个人行为，不涉及恐怖组织、政治或民权等。
他还说，冯岩没有犯罪历史，是美国公民，住在帝力市。
冯岩将被控纵火故意破坏财产，纵火故意损坏中国驻旧金山总领馆两项联邦刑事罪。
约翰逊拒绝透露其他任何犯罪动机或细节。
旧金山警察局长苏尔说，在不到两天时间破案，显示了联邦、地方和中国驻旧金山总领馆通力合作。
总领馆的消息称，元旦晚21时25分，1名男子从停靠在总领馆正门前的面包车下来，将两桶汽油泼向正门，点火燃烧，造成正门、国徽、标志牌、墙面和石狮子严重损毁。
总领馆在2日正常工作，签证业务照常进行。从3日起，总领馆工作人员开始清理，并在5日安装了临时大门。
纵火案发生后，旧金山警察局加强了对总领馆的安全保护，24小时有一辆警车在领馆附近驻守。
中国驻旧金山总领馆就纵火嫌犯被捕表态
中国驻旧金山总领馆网站消息，根据美方通报，纵火案嫌犯已于3日被抓获。中方注意到美方为处置纵火事件所做的努力，要求美方依法严惩肇事者。中方要求美方认真吸取教训，切实维护中国外交、领事人员和机构的安全和尊严，确保类似事件不再发生。
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