Blast injures foreigner in downtown Beijing
2010-10-21 10:24:14 GMT2010-10-21 18:24:14 (Beijing Time)
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Policemen inspect the explosion site in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 21, 2010. An explosion happened beside Dongzhimenwai Street in Beijing on the afternoon of Oct. 21, leaving a national of the United States slightly injured in a leg. (Xinhua/Gong Lei)
Policemen inspect the explosion site in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 21, 2010. An explosion happened beside Dongzhimenwai Street in Beijing on the afternoon of Oct. 21, leaving a national of the United States slightly injured in a leg. (Xinhua/Gong Lei)
BEIJING, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- An American was injured in an explosion near a subway station in downtown Beijing Thursday afternoon, police confirmed late Thursday.
The blast happened at 3:20 p.m. Thursday beside a newspaper stand near the Dongzhimen subway station in Dongcheng District, police said in a press release.
Police said a 30-year-old American studying in China, who happened to pass by, was slightly injured in the leg and had been rushed to a nearby hospital.
Police are investigating the cause of the blast.
