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1 dead after 2 explosions hit Japanese city; cause unclear
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Police officers investigate near a damaged wooden bench, right, following an explosion at a park in Utsunomiya, north of Tokyo on Oct. 23, 2016. One person is dead and at several people have been injured after two apparent explosions back-to-back in the city. Japanese media say the reported blasts occurred before noon Sunday at the park and a nearby pay-parking lot. It wasn’t clear if they were related, and police are investigating the cause. (Kyodo News via AP/Yukie Nishizawa)
Two apparent explosions hit the Japanese city of Utsunomiya back-to-back Sunday, killing one person and injuring three others.
The reported blasts occurred before noon at a public park and a nearby parking lot, according to Japanese media reports. It wasn't clear if they were related, and police are investigating the incidents.
Kyodo News agency said a burned body was found in the park after police received a call saying a person was engulfed in flames following what sounded like an explosion. Three other people were injured.
A few minutes earlier, a car caught on fire in the parking lot. Flames and black smoke shot into the air and repeated bangs could be heard on video posted on the Asahi newspaper's website. Nearby cars were damaged, but no one was hurt.
Utsunomiya, the capital of Tochigi prefecture, is a city of some 500,000 people about 100 kilometers (60 miles) north of Tokyo. It is near the popular tourist destination of Nikko.
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