Death toll from China letter bombs rises to 7

Death toll from China letter bombs rises to 7
# 30 September 2015 20:56 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. Death toll from 17 suspected letter bombs in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on Wednesday afternoon has risen to seven, with two missing and another 51 injured, APA reports quoting Xinhua.

The explosions occurred at the seat of Liucheng county and the surrounding areas, including a shopping mall and the dorm of a local animal husbandry bureau, with the first heard at about 3:15 p.m..

Three people died in the dorm, which was badly damaged.

Police have identified a 33-year-old man named Wei, a native of Liucheng county, as a suspect.

The Ministry of Public Security has sent criminal investigators to the scene.

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