1 dead, 3 injured after explosions rock Japanese city

October 23, 2016 11:57

One person was killed and three others were injured Sunday after at least two explosions rocked a Japanese city, authorities said.

Broadcaster NHK reported that blasts took place at two locations in Utsunomiya. One of the locations was in a parking lot near a city park.

Helicopter footage showed two burned-out cars side-by-side in a parking lot. It was not immediately clear what connection they had to the incident.

The broadcaster reported that a camera at its station picked up the sound of three explosions at approximately 11:30 a.m. Sunday (10:30 p.m. ET Saturday). The explosions occurred in a span of approximately one minute and 15 seconds.

A man who was in the park at the time of the blasts told NHK that he heard a loud noise and smelled gunpowder. The witness added that he saw three people on the ground.

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