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TOKYO, Nov 6 (KUNA) -- One person was killed and eight others were injured
after explosions occurred on Wednesday in front of the provincial headquarters
of China's ruling Communist Party in the northern city of Taiyuan, state-run
Xinhua News Agency reported.
The blasts took place at around 7:40 a.m. (2340 Tuesday GMT) in front of
the office building of the Communist Party's Shanxi Provincial Committee on
the Yingze Street in Taiyuan, the city's public security bureau said,
according to the report.
Among the eight injured, one was seriously wounded. The accident is
suspected to be caused by self-made bombs as steel beads were scattered at the
scene, the report said. A minivan blasted with heavy smoke and spread a lot of
debris at the scene when he waited for traffic lights in front of the office
building, Xinhua quoted a witness as saying. Police are investigating the case.
Taiyuan is the capital of Shanxi Province. The blast came after a car crash
at downtown Beijing's Tian'anmen Square on October 28, which killed eight
people including three ethnic Uygurs inside the car and injured 38 others. The
Chinese government has called the Beijing accident as "a terrorist attack"
organized by the East Turkistan Islamic Movement. (end)
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