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Kuala Lumpur 'grenade' blast kills one | Kuala Lumpur 'grenade' blast kills one |
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One person has been killed and 13 others injured in an explosion in a popular entertainment district of the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur. | |
Police said a suspected grenade was thrown onto the street outside a bar in the Bukit Bintang area in the early hours of the morning. | Police said a suspected grenade was thrown onto the street outside a bar in the Bukit Bintang area in the early hours of the morning. |
A second unexploded device was found underneath a parked car. | A second unexploded device was found underneath a parked car. |
It was not immediately clear who was behind the blast but police told local media they suspected gang violence. | It was not immediately clear who was behind the blast but police told local media they suspected gang violence. |
The man who was killed was a Malaysian parking attendant who died of his injuries in hospital. | The man who was killed was a Malaysian parking attendant who died of his injuries in hospital. |
Two Chinese nationals, a Singaporean and a Thai were among the injured, a police chief said. | Two Chinese nationals, a Singaporean and a Thai were among the injured, a police chief said. |
The authorities in the Muslim-majority country have not ruled out terrorism as a link in the case but local media reports suggest that this was part of a feud between gangs, reports the BBC's Jennifer Pak in Kuala Lumpur. | The authorities in the Muslim-majority country have not ruled out terrorism as a link in the case but local media reports suggest that this was part of a feud between gangs, reports the BBC's Jennifer Pak in Kuala Lumpur. |
Prime Minister Najib Razak condemned the violence and said it would not be tolerated. | |
"The perpetrators of this crime will be found and brought to justice," he said. |
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