NINE people have been detained after Wednesday night’s deadly explosion at a Chinese barbecue restaurant, authorities said today.
The blast killed 31 people and injured seven at Fuyang Barbecue, a popular chain restaurant in Yinchuan, the capital of the Ningxia Hui autonomous region.
Those arrested, whose names have not been released, have also had their assets frozen, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.
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