China: Fresh blast hits southern region after day of deadly explosions

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There has been another explosion in a region of southern China, hit by 17 blasts on Wednesday that left seven people dead.

This time it happened in a six-storey building in a residential district.

No-one is reported injured in Thursday’s explosion and it is not known if the blast is connected to the earlier series of parcel bombs in Liucheng county of Guangxi province

Fresh blast rocks Liucheng, China – day after 17 parcel bombs killed 7, state media says http://t.co/TXfn6B5ZLI pic.twitter.com/2pgg41ea8I— Agence France-Presse (@AFP) 1 Octobre 2015

Guangxi sits on the border with Vietnam and has several ethnic minorities, but is generally peaceful.

Dozens of people were injured on Wednesday when bombs were sent to places ranging from hospitals and shopping malls to prisons and government offices.

Two potential victims are still unaccounted for in what is said to be being treated not as a terrorist attack but as a ‘criminal’ act.

There are conflicting reports about whethe