Beijing (ANTARA News/Reuters) - A petrol bomb thrown at a rural bank in the northwestern Chinese province of Gansu has caused "dozens" of deaths and injuries, state news agency Xinhua said on Friday.

"Someone threw a gasoline bomb at 9 a.m. during an internal meeting at the bank in Tianzhu County, a witness said on condition of anonymity," Xinhua said in a brief English-language report.

Xinhua did not give details of the number of casualties. (*)

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