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Mimi Lau

Jun Mai

Liucheng was rocked by another powerful blast yesterday as mainland police hunted for a 33-year-old man suspected of masterminding Wednesday afternoon's deadly string of parcel bomb attacks in the Guangxi county.
The latest explosion erupted at about 8am in a fifth-floor flat, causing structural damage to the brick residential building.
I saw people, covered in blood, running for their lives, screaming for help
WITNESS TO ONE OF THE ATTACKS
There were no reports of casualties from the parcel bomb and the authorities did not specify where in the county the attack took place.
A day earlier, at least seven people were killed and dozens more injured when 17 bombs hidden in parcels exploded in the county in the southwest province in just two hours.
The parcels were delivered by courier and hit government offices, hospitals, supermarkets, malls and a bus terminal.

Watch: Surveillance video showing one of Wednesday's blasts in a building in Liucheng county
Postal services in the area have been suspended until Sunday to give explosives experts time to examine 60 suspicious parcels.
Dapu, the township at the heart of the county and at the centre of Wednesday's blasts, was a ghost town yesterday, the start of the "golden week" National Day break.
Performances had been scheduled for Dapu's downtown area, but most shops were shut and few people were on the streets.
Bike shop owner Luo Kui likened the latest blast to a mine explosion.
"The bang was loud and deep … It's an act of defiance," Luo told the South China Morning Post.
Other residents said they felt buildings shake after hearing a large explosion.
READ MORE: Video captures ‘body’ flying from exploding building as 18th blast rocks China’s Guangxi province on National Day
A 45-year-old witness said he was standing just 20 metres from one of the blast sites near a security guard's office at the Hairun Sunshine residential estate on Wednesday afternoon.
"I saw people, covered in blood, running for their lives and screaming for help. The windows in all the nearby buildings were shattered," he said.
Another witness said she saw thick smoke stream from a wet market after it was hit. "At first we thought the explosion was caused by a gas leak but we realised it was deliberate as soon as about four took place nearby in just a few minutes," she said.
Read more: A loud bang, then chaos: residents of Chinese town hit by string of parcel bombs recall horror ordeal
A media gag appeared to have been imposed over the incident, with popular news websites replacing their own stories on the explosions with a Xinhua report.
The Southern Metropolis News removed a report that said the suspect was a local quarry worker with a passport and travel documents for Hong Kong and Macau.
The police said on Wednesday they were pursuing a Dapu man suspected of carrying out the scheme.
Courier services have become an everyday part of life on the mainland as internet shopping has grown in popularity.


Chinese county hit by another mail bomb blast as police step up hunt for mastermind

Liucheng county residents survey a parcel bomb site.

Local residents look at damaged vehicles and to the street near by a partially collapsed residential building after an explosion reportedly caused by explosives hidden in parcels. Photo: EPA

Police stand guard after a blast occurred in the early morning. Photo: AFP

A damaged room in a residential building is seen after the explosions hit Liucheng. Photo: Reuters

A loud bang, then chaos: residents of Chinese town hit by string of parcel bombs recall horror ordeal

A partially collapsed building. Photo: Dickson Lee

The force of one of the blasts overturned a truck in Liucheng county. Photo: Dickson Lee



A blast victim is treated in hospital for injuries inflicted by a parcel bomb. Photo: AFP

The explosions damaged many buildings in Liucheng county. Photo: Dickson Lee

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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Township that bore the brunt of the attacks almost deserted as police continue hunt for 33-year-old suspected of being the mastermind


Liucheng was rocked by another powerful blast yesterday as mainland police hunted for a 33-year-old man suspected of masterminding Wednesday afternoon's deadly string of parcel bomb attacks in the Guangxi county.
