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4 arrested over blast that killed 31

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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. The suspects included the restaurant owner, two shareholders and the manager, state news agency Xinhua reported.

They were arrested for allegedly “causing a serious accident through negligence” and a criminal investigation was under way, Xinhua said.

The local public security bureau had frozen the assets of nine individuals, it added. — AFP