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Beijing (CNN) - Medical personnel and police responded Saturday to an explosion in a terminal of the Beijing Capital International Airport, China's state-run Xinhua news agency said.
A man set off homemade explosives inside the airport's Terminal 3, state television reported.
The man was injured, but no other injuries were immediately reported.
Stephanie Kleine-Ahlbrandt, of the International Crisis Group think tank, was at the airport when the blast happened at about 6:30 p.m. local time (6:30 a.m. ET).
“Huge explosion followed by panic, smoke and dust at Terminal 3,” she said on Twitter.
“Lots of excitement, police v angry, shouted crowds back and told everyone to leave,” she added.
Beijing (CNN) - Medical personnel and police responded Saturday to an explosion in a terminal of the Beijing Capital International Airport, China's state-run Xinhua news agency said.
A man set off homemade explosives inside the airport's Terminal 3, state television reported.
The man was injured, but no other injuries were immediately reported.
Stephanie Kleine-Ahlbrandt, of the International Crisis Group think tank, was at the airport when the blast happened at about 6:30 p.m. local time (6:30 a.m. ET).
“Huge explosion followed by panic, smoke and dust at Terminal 3,” she said on Twitter.
“Lots of excitement, police v angry, shouted crowds back and told everyone to leave,” she added.
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