BLAST20131109BEIJING: Chinese police on Friday detained a local thief over deadly blasts that struck near a provincial Communist Party headquarters, just over a week after a fiery attack in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square that was blamed on Uighur separatists.

The man’s capture, reported by state media, comes one day ahead of a highly anticipated meeting of top party leaders in Beijing.

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