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Four arrested over China restaurant blast that killed 31

Photo by Xinhua News Agency shows firefighters at the site of an explosion at a restaurant in Yinchuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, June 21, 2023.

Chinese police arrested four people on Saturday linked to a restaurant explosion that killed dozens, state media reported.

At least 31 people were killed and seven others injured when a gas explosion ripped through a barbecue restaurant in the northwestern city of Yinchuan on Wednesday.

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