WEB DESK
One person was killed and three injured today in explosions at two locations near a park in city of Utsunomiya, in Japan, state broadcaster NHK reported. The cause of the blasts was not known.
The police said they were investigating whether the incidents at the two sites were linked. One of the injured people, a man, was being treated for shrapnel wounds, the broadcaster said. The person killed was also a man, but no other details were available about him or the other two injured.
Crime rates are low in Japan, and there are no known groups waging any sort of violent campaign against the state. Witnesses told the broadcaster they heard a series of loud explosions.