An explosion in a hotel room has left two people dead and two
injured in southwest China's Yunnan Province, local police said on
Friday.
The blast occurred at about 6:40 a.m. on Thursday in Room 406 on
the top floor of the Jindi Hotel in Jinggu County of Pu'er City,
killing a man and a woman who checked in the day before.
The explosion burst into the neighboring room and the room
below, injuring two other guests, including a 21-year-old woman who
was severely injured.
She was taken to the Jinggu hospital, and later transferred to a
military hospital in the provincial capital of Kunming to receive
specialist care.
Witnesses said the powerful explosion blew windows and bricks of
the two rooms overlooking the street. The shock wave even smashed
windows in the Jindeng Hotel across the street.
Local police have sealed off the hotel and the cause of the
blast is being investigated.
(Xinhua News Agency May 4, 2007)