NNA - A series of bombs packed with ball-bearings exploded outside a provincial headquarters of China's ruling Communist Party on Wednesday, police and reports said, killing at least one person, AFP reported.



The blasts in Taiyuan come a little over a week after a fatal car crash described by authorities as a "terrorist attack" in Tiananmen Square, the symbolic heart of the Chinese state, and days ahead of a highly anticipated meeting of top party leaders in Beijing.



"There were several explosions caused by small explosive devices near the party provincial commission in Taiyuan," the capital of the northern province of Shanxi, local police said on a verified social media account.



"Public security officials are currently on the scene and working all-out to investigate the incident," it added.



One person was confirmed dead, another was severely wounded and seven slightly hurt in the blasts, a provincial government news portal said, citing police.


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