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| Beijing blast: Small explosive device set off near US embassy | Beijing blast: Small explosive device set off near US embassy |
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| A man has set off a small explosive device close to the US embassy in Beijing, officials have confirmed. | A man has set off a small explosive device close to the US embassy in Beijing, officials have confirmed. |
| Apart from the attacker, there were no injuries reported and officials say police responded immediately. | |
| Video and images posted on social media show smoke rising from the vicinity of the embassy in the heart of the Chinese capital with crowds gathering. | Video and images posted on social media show smoke rising from the vicinity of the embassy in the heart of the Chinese capital with crowds gathering. |
| State media outlet Global Times tweeted that local residents had heard a "thunder-like bang". | State media outlet Global Times tweeted that local residents had heard a "thunder-like bang". |
| A statement from the US embassy in Beijing said a device, which they described as a bomb, had exploded at around 1300 local time (0500 GMT) at the south-east corner of the compound. | |
| Beijing police called it a "suspected firecracker device" which caused a fire. The bomber injured his hand during the incident, but there was no danger to his life and he was immediately sent to hospital. | |
| He was named by police as Jiang Moumou, from Inner Mongolia province. | |
| The BBC's Stephen McDonell at the scene says that normal activities have since resumed at the embassy, with people still lining up for visa applications. | The BBC's Stephen McDonell at the scene says that normal activities have since resumed at the embassy, with people still lining up for visa applications. |
| There were earlier reports that police had taken away a woman who had tried to set herself on fire near the embassy at 1100 local time, several hours before the reported blast. | There were earlier reports that police had taken away a woman who had tried to set herself on fire near the embassy at 1100 local time, several hours before the reported blast. |
| It is unclear if the two incidents were linked. | It is unclear if the two incidents were linked. |
| Attacks on sites in the Chinese capital are rare. The most serious incident in recent years saw a car ploughing into a crowd at Tiananmen Square in 2013, killing five people including the attackers. China blamed the incident on Muslim Uighur separatists. |