Gas caused Beijing restaurant blast: media

The official Xinhua News Agency said Sunday that 16 people were injured in Friday's blast that leveled a downtown restaurant that serves food from the restive western Xinjiang region.

Riots and ethnic violence in the region's capital, Urumqi, in July left nearly 200 people dead and the Turkic Muslim region remains on edge over a recent string of mysterious needle attacks in public places.

The explosion at first raised concern because it came less than a week before the 60th anniversary of communist China's founding on Oct. 1, with security tight ahead of the planned celebrations.

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