On 7 June 2013, a mass murder-suicide attack occurred on a bus in Xiamen, Fujian province, China.

A bus operating for the Xiamen BRT caught fire and exploded on an elevated lane near the Jinshan stop; 47 people died and 34 were injured.

[1][2][3] Preliminary investigations conducted by the traffic police indicate that at around 6:22 p.m. CST, a Xiamen BRT bus, license plate 闽D-Y7396, carrying 90 passengers,[4] caught fire on an elevated roadway between the Caitang (Chinese: 蔡塘; pinyin: Càitáng) and Jinshan (Chinese: 金山; pinyin: Jīnshān) bus stops.

This, and the fact that the oil tank and tires were intact in the wreckage, led investigators to believe the fire may have been deliberately lit.

[7] According to a suicide note found in his home, Chen was unhappy with his life and had decided to light the fire to vent his anger.