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Deadly explosions rock Japan

Author
AAP,
Publish Date
Sun, 23 Oct 2016, 8:57PM
One of the explosions (Photo / Twitter)
One of the explosions (Photo / Twitter)

Deadly explosions rock Japan

Author
AAP,
Publish Date
Sun, 23 Oct 2016, 8:57PM

Several explosions in two locations near a park in the Japanese city of Utsunomiya have killed one person and injured three.

The cause of the blasts on Sunday is not known, state broadcaster NHK reports.

Police said they were investigating whether the incidents at the two sites were linked, but did not give further details.

One of the injured people, a man, was being treated for shrapnel wounds.

The person killed was also a man, but no other details were available about him or the other two wounded.

Crime rates are low in Japan, and there are no known groups waging any sort of violent campaign against the state.

Images broadcast by NHK showed two burnt out cars in a parking lot about 200 metres from the park and a charred broken bench at the edge of the park, where a folk art festival was underway.

Witnesses told the broadcaster they heard a series of loud explosions.

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