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Three explosions including two car blasts have struck government buildings in eastern China's Jiangxi province, an official said, with state media reporting at least five people have been injured.
The explosions went off in the city of Fuzhou at roughly 10-minute intervals shortly after 9:00am (local time), an official with the provincial propaganda department said.
The first was a car explosion in the parking garage of the city prosecutor's office, the second occurred on the first floor of a district government office, and the last was a car blast next to the city's food and drug agency, Zhang, who declined to give his full name, said.
He said authorities were investigating the causes of the explosions and have no immediate information on casualties.
However, the official Xinhua news agency quoted witnesses as saying at least five people had been injured.
The incident is likely to add to official fears over possible public unrest stemming from a range of grievances, with soaring inflation topping the list.
China sees thousands of protests and other public disturbances each year, often linked to anger over official corruption, government abuses and the illegal seizure of land for development. But bomb attacks are extremely rare.
Xinhua says at least 10 vehicles were damaged in the explosions, which also shattered windows in the buildings.
Pictures posted on the Twitter-like microblog account of the official China News Service show a white plume of smoke towering over crowds of onlookers.
- AFP
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