Beijing (CNN) -- "I have a bomb!" a wheelchair bound man shouted, holding what looked like a homemade bomb. "Stay away from me." Minutes earlier, Ji Zhongxing had wheeled himself into Beijing International Airport's arrivals terminal. As he began to distribute leaflets to publicize his cause, he was stopped by airport security. Arriving passengers walked past him, seemingly oblivious to the looming danger. Ji had written on his personal blog in 2006 that he had been attacked and beaten by security guards outside a police station in Shandong Province in 2005 after carrying a passenger on his motorcycle. He was paralyzed after the incident and petitioned for official compensation.
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Many on Chinese social media sympathized with plight of Beijing airport "bomber"
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But an editorial in state-controlled Global Times said this action is never justified
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Incident the latest involving petitioners airing grievances and seeking social justice
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China grappling with rise in social unrest sparked by official corruption, wealth gap
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