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unhappycamper

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Wed Sep 30, 2015, 09:29 AM Sep 2015

Chinese city hit by multiple explosions at public buildings [View all]

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/30/china-explosions-reported-liuzhou-guangxi-public-buildings

State media quotes police chief in Liuzhou as saying reportedly fatal blasts triggered by explosive devices in mail packages

Chinese city hit by multiple explosions at public buildings
Associated Press
Wednesday 30 September 2015 07.35 EDT

Multiple explosions have targeted public buildings in a small southern Chinese city, according to state media.

At least three people have been killed and 13 injured in the blasts on Wednesday, which the official Xinhua news agency said took place in Liuzhou, in the Guangxi region.

Quoting local police, Xinhua said the explosions took place at a hospital, market, supermarket, bus station and government buildings including a township office, a centre for disease control and a dormitory building for government workers.

The state broadcaster CCTV reported that the the local police chief has called the case criminal in nature and said the blasts were triggered by explosive devices delivered in several mail packages.
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