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Nectar Gan

A new explosion rocked Liucheng county in China’s southwestern Guangxi province on Thursday morning – the day after a series of bombs hidden in parcels exploded and killed at least seven people and injured dozens more.
The latest blast happened at about 8am in a fifth-floor flat in a residential block on the first day of China’s seven-day National Day.
It caused structural damage to the brick building and led to parts of the brickwork falling onto the street below. 
Residents said they felt the building shaking after hearing the sound of a large explosion.

Watch: Surveillance video showing one of Wednesday's blasts in a building in Liucheng county
There have been conflicting reports over the blasts because of the chaotic situation in the area.
Xinhua reported that one person was injured in Thursday morning’s blast, but its official Weibo account said in the afternoon that no one had been hurt.
 

Nanguo Zaobao reported on Wednesday evening that a suspect had been arrested, but police said later in the evening that they were still pursuing the suspect.
On Wednesday afternoon, 17 blasts occurred in the county, in the city of Liuzhou and its surrounding area, with the first bang heard at around 3.50pm.
Five of those killed by the explosions died at the scene. Two other people have been reported missing, while more than 50 other people were injured.

Local police said on Wednesday that they had launched a criminal investigation and identified a 33-year-old male suspect, surnamed Wei, from Dapu township.
They claimed the suspect had hired other people to send the parcels, Xinhua reported.
Parcel deliveries have been suspended by the Liuzhou postal service until Saturday.
 
Wednesday's fatal blasts were triggered by explosive devices hidden inside express delivery packages delivered across the county, police said.
Later on Wednesday Nanguo Zaobao reported that Wei had been arrested.
The targets of the earlier attacks include the Dapu township government office, supermarkets, malls, a hospital, prison, bus terminal, an animal husbandry staff dormitory and a centre for infectious disease and prevention.

Cai Tianlai, Liucheng’s public security political commissar, told a press conference on Wednesday that tip-offs from the public had led to 60 suspicious courier parcels being identified.
The suspicious parcels were being guarded, pending examination by bomb squad officials, China News Service reported.


Video captures ‘body’ flying from exploding building as 18th blast rocks China’s Guangxi province on National Day

This screen grab from Weibo shows what appears to be a person catapulted out of a store during one of the explosions on Wednesday. Photo: SCMP Pictures

This screen grab taken from Weibo shows a person walking along a street as a shop front lights up from one of Wednesday's blasts. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Shattered bricks lie on the ground below the building hit by a blast in China's Liucheng county on Thursday morning. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Thursday morning's blast took place in the fifth-floor flat of a building in China's Liucheng county. Photo: SCMP Pictures

A badly damaged building in Liucheng county following  Wednesday's series of bomb blasts, which killed seven people. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Mail bombs lay ruin to Chinese county as 7 killed, dozens injured in 17 sites across Guangxi’s Liucheng

Internet users shared photos of the collapsed building on Weibo. Photos: Weibo

Part of a building (left) collapsed after the multiple explosions in Liucheng county, Guangxi province. Photos: Weibo

Dozens of people were injured in the blasts. Photos: Weibo

People rush to the aid of those injured. Photos: Weibo

A provincial government building (left) and a vehicle damaged in the blasts. Photos: Weibo

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Confusion over whether anyone was injured in explosion at Liucheng county block of flats on Thursday after 17 blasts on Wednesday kill at least seven people and injure dozens more  


Confusion over whether anyone was injured in explosion at Liucheng county block of flats on Thursday after 17 blasts on Wednesday kill at least seven people and injure dozens more  
