An explosion leveled an ethnic Uyghur restaurant in downtown Beijing Friday morning, raising security concerns ahead of China’s 60th anniversary celebrations next week.
State-run Xinhua news agency said the blast injured three employees of the Xinjiang Kashgar Delicacy City Restaurant, and an unknown number of passers-by. The wounded were taken to a hospital, and their injuries were not life threatening, Xinhua reported.
Police immediately attributed the explosion to a canister of cooking gas. They locked down the area and cleared it of journalists. The street was cleaned up and reopened by noon.
