Series of 13 'parcel' bombings kill 6 in China, at least 13 injured

BEIJING (Web Desk) - At least six people have been killed while another thirteen were left seriously wounded when a explosive parcels caused multiple bomb explosions in Liuzhou area in China's north-central Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

#BREAKING Rescue work underway after series of explosions in Liucheng county, China's Guangxi on Wednesday (Xinhua) pic.twitter.com/R4PTLxlj6m

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According to reports of Chinese media as many as 13 explosion were reported across the city between 3.15 pm and 5:00 pm.

Web users post photos of a partly collapsed building in Guangxi following explosions; cause of blasts still unknown pic.twitter.com/up0rnbstuF

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The locations included a shopping mall, a prison, a county government office, a supermarket, a transport station, a hospital, a staff dormitory of animal husbandry, a vegetable market, and a disease control center.

Police chief: Parcels containing explosives cause massive explosions in several different places in Liuzhou, Guangxi pic.twitter.com/nhZkxHWuxY

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Local police authorities activated an emergency alert, saying the explosions were triggered by parcel bombs. They called on the public not to open any parcels further on.