'Firework device' explodes outside U.S. Embassy in China
BEIJING - Reuters
A suspected "firework device" exploded outside the U.S. Embassy in Beijing on Thursday wounding the 26-year-old male suspect and no one else, police said.
The embassy, in a separate statement, described the device as a bomb. It said police had responded but did not offer further details.
Police said only the suspect was wounded, suffering an injury to his hand.
The state-run Global Times newspaper said earlier police took away a woman who sprayed herself with gasoline in what was suspected to be a self-immolation attempt outside the embassy.
