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Suspects nabbed in SW China blast

(Xinhua) Updated: 2014-03-06 22:31

GUIYANG -- Police have arrested suspects in a fatal explosion at a gambling den in Southwest China's Guizhou province, said local authorities on Thursday.

Two suspects, both surnamed Yang, allegedly conspired to commit robbery after setting off a bomb at a gambling site on a remote mountain slope in Laoshan village of Kaili city, according to the provincial public security department.

Fifteen people were killed in the blast, which occurred at 2:40 pm on Jan 13. Another seven people were injured.

The casualties were people who had gathered at the site to gamble.

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