The 22-year-old man, surnamed Xu, was among those killed in the blast near the entrance to the kindergarten in Xuzhou, a city in the coastal province of Jiangsu, police said in a briefing shown on state television. Xu had dropped out of an unnamed school due to his neurological condition and rented an apartment near the kindergarten, China Central Television said. Two people died at the scene of the blast and six more died from their injuries in hospital. Pictures circulating on Chinese social media showed about a dozen women and children lying on the ground in what appeared to be the immediate aftermath of the blast. Local authorities said that contrary to early reports the blast did not occur while parents were picking up children after school, according to the People's Daily.

Source: bd News24 June 16, 2017 08:26 UTC