An explosion occurs near the US Embassy in Beijing (photos, video)

09:21 26.07.2018 (updated yesterday at 11:37 am 26.07.2018) Short URL

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Several witnesses reported an explosion near the US Embbady in Beijing, reported AP news agency

Large clouds of smoke can be seen in the pictures to which the media refer and posted on Twitter.

The Communist Party newspaper Global Times reported that the police had taken a woman who was spraying gasoline "in an alleged self-immolation attempt" in front of the US Embbady near Beijing. 11 am local time (3 pm GMT)

Radio Free Asia quoted witnesses in turn reported that it could have been a man.

The US Embbady in China has not confirmed whether there was an explosion or an attack.

"The exact circumstances of the incident are being clarified at this time," they said.

In turn, the spokesman of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, General Shuang, said that the explosion had occurred. "The Beijing police have already explained in an Internet message that the incident occurred (…) is an isolated incident, linked to a case of disturbance of public order."

the spokesman, "the Chinese police has already investigated what happened in a timely manner."

Police reported on the social network Weibo that the explosion had been caused by a 26 year old man. to be a device of "fireworks".

"At approximately 13:00 local time (0500 GMT) on July 26, a man turned on an artificial" artifice "at the junction of Tianze and Anjialou Streets, and caused an explosion." The note indicates that the young man suffered a slight injury from one hand and that no one else was injured.

It is also stated that the detainee is a resident of the Chinese Autonomous Region of Inner Mongolia.

The area where the incident occurred is in the northeast of the Chinese capital where there are several embbadies, including those of the United States, India and India. 39; Israel.

At the same time, a Sputnik correspondent reports that US Embbady visas have already resumed their work and people are queuing to process visas despite the blast.