Another explosion has rocked Liucheng County in southern China, damaging a six-story building on Thursday – less than a day after a series of more than a dozen blasts killed seven people and injured more than 50.
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The Ministry of Public Security has sent a team of experts to help with the investigation, Xinhua said.
A 33-year-old Liucheng resident, identified only by the surname Wei, is in police custody for the explosions. Local media reported that the suspect had been apprehended.
Police believe the explosions were caused by bombs placed in the mail.
Yesterday’s explosions took place in at least 13 locations in rural Liucheng, including a shopping mall, a prison, a government building in Dapu township, a supermarket, a bus station and a hospital.
Police said that terrorism had been ruled out.
According to the China Radio worldwide, the authorities are now investigating the event which took place at an apartment block at 08:00 local time (00:00 GMT).
“There were so many of them, and they were so loud, everyone in (Liucheng) could hear them”, said a hotel employee who gave only his family name, Li.
In recent weeks, China has been hit by multiple explosions.
“All of us heard the blast”.
Xinhua news agency said the force of the blast had caused debris to rain down on a road opposite the building.
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Media images showed a collapsed building, smoke and streets strewn with rubble in Liuzhou in Guangxi region. It did not say whether there were any casualties from that blast or whether it was connected to the ones in Liucheng.
