Public broadcaster NHK said a body badly damaged in the blast was found at a bicycle parking space for the park. One person was killed and at least two injured by two near-simultaneous blasts in a Japanese park on Sunday, the local fire department said. The explosions occurred at a park in Utsunomiya, some 100 kilometres north of Tokyo, shortly after 11:30 am (0230 GMT), a fire department spokesman said. Public broadcaster NHK said a body badly damaged in the blast was found at a bicycle parking space for the park. A man told NHK that he "smelled gunpowder in the area" after the explosions.

Source: The Hindu October 23, 2016 06:00 UTC