Bomb Detonated Outside U.S. Embassy in Beijing

  • Man, 26, detonated explosive device on street, police say
  • No injuries other than the suspected bomber, U.S. says
Bomb Detonated Outside U.S. Embassy in Beijing
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China played down the significance of a blast outside the U.S. Embassy in Beijing on Thursday, calling it an “isolated” incident.

A 26-year-old man from China’s northern region of Inner Mongolia detonated an explosive device around 1 p.m., the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau said on its official Weibo social media account. The man was being treated in a hospital for a non-life-threatening injury, the police said.