2010-08-19 13:42

URUMQI - An explosion of an electric tricycle killed seven people and injured 14 others in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region Thursday, local authorities said.

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The accident occurred at about 10:30 am on a bridge on the outskirts of Aksu city in southern Xinjiang, the autonomous regional government's information office said in a statement.

A suspect had been seized by police at the site and was being questioned, the statement said.

Local authorities were going all out to treat the injured people, it added.