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China blasts: Fuzhou government buildings hit | |
(about 3 hours later) | |
Three explosions have struck government buildings in eastern China's Jiangxi province, state media say. | Three explosions have struck government buildings in eastern China's Jiangxi province, state media say. |
Two people were killed and at least six injured in the blasts, in the city of Fuzhou. | Two people were killed and at least six injured in the blasts, in the city of Fuzhou. |
The first blast came outside the offices of the state prosecutor and the other explosions hit the city's food and drug agency and a district administration office. | |
Officials say the cause of the blasts is being investigated. | Officials say the cause of the blasts is being investigated. |
One body was found in the district government building and another person died later in hospital, a local government official was quoted as saying. | |
The near-simultaneous blasts went off shortly after 0900 (0100 GMT), reports say. | The near-simultaneous blasts went off shortly after 0900 (0100 GMT), reports say. |
One eyewitness told Xinhua news agency that most of the windows had been blown out at the eight-storey local prosecutor's office. | One eyewitness told Xinhua news agency that most of the windows had been blown out at the eight-storey local prosecutor's office. |
Other eyewitnesses said ambulances had arrived at the scene to take several injured people from the local government office to hospital. | Other eyewitnesses said ambulances had arrived at the scene to take several injured people from the local government office to hospital. |
At least 10 cars were said to have been destroyed in the explosions. Earlier unconfirmed reports said two of the blasts were caused by car bombs. | |
Extremely rare | |
Xinhua and several other news agencies said a local peasant unhappy about the handling of a legal dispute was thought to be responsible for the attacks, but such reports were later withdrawn by most state media. | |
Local government officials were scheduled to hold a news conference but this was cancelled at the last-minute. | |
Multiple bomb attacks in China are extremely rare, especially against government targets. | |
Analysts say the government will be alarmed by such an apparently well co-ordinated attack as it struggles with large numbers of disputes over land and living standards. | |
Earlier this month, more than 40 people were injured in a petrol bomb attack on a bank, carried out by a disgruntled former employee, in north-west Gansu province. | |
He had just been sacked for stealing money. | |
With few avenues of redress for real and supposed wrongs some Chinese people occasionally take out their frustration in attacks like this, says the BBC's Michael Bristow in Beijing. |