At least three people have been killed and 13 others injured
after multiple blasts in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in southern China,
according to local media.
Initial
investigations suggest the explosions were caused by a series of parcel bombs
in the seat of Liucheng county and the surrounding area, China's
state-run Xinhua news agency said.
Emergency
services rushed to the scenes of the blasts, which caused severe damage to
buildings and vehicles, it said. The first occurred around 3:50 p.m.
Police named a
33-year-old man from Liucheng Tai Po town as a suspect in the explosions and
said their investigations were continuing, Xinhua reported on Weibo.
The South China
Morning Post put the
death toll at six. It said there had been 15 separate explosions at locations
including a shopping mall, prison, hospital and vegetable market.
The People's Daily and CCTV news outlets tweeted that seven people
had been killed in 17 blasts and that police were hunting the suspect. CCTV
said that terrorism had been ruled out.
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