2 dead after bomb blasts in eastern Chinese city

Beijing (CNN) -- Three explosions hit different government targets within a half an hour Thursday morning in eastern China, killing two people and injuring six others, local officials told CNN.

"A car bomb went off at 9:18 a.m. in the parking lot of the Fuzhou city prosecutor's office, followed by a blast at 9:20 a.m. at the Linchuan district government building and another car bomb at 9:45 a.m. near the local drug administration building," said Zhang Baoyun, a spokesman for the government of Jiangxi province, where Fuzhou is located.

One body was found in the district government building and another person died in the hospital, Zhang added.

Photos from the scene show large crowds gathering near one of the blast sites with a thick plume of black smoke in the air. more..........