Electric tricycle explosion kills 7 in Xinjiang

Xinhua, August 19, 2010

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.

The accident occurred at about 10:30 a.m. 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.