Cake shop owner charged with bomb threat after breakup

A Henan cake shop owner has been charged with placing two home-made bombs - one at a university entrance and the other on a bus - following the breakup of his relationship with his girlfriend.

Xu Jie, a press officer of the Fengtai district court, told METRO on Sunday that the man, surnamed Yang, will stand trial within two weeks. If convicted of attempting to cause an explosion, Yang faces three to 10 years in prison.

If there was an explosion that injured or killed people, or caused huge losses to business or property, the penalty would be from 10 years in prison to death, Xue said.