The suspected bomber was the only person injured in the blast, The Hong Kong Free Press said quoting a spokesman of the US embassy.

"Only the bomber was hurt," the newspaper tweeted.

The US embassy complex is in Beijing’s Chaoyang District.

Witnesses have posted images on Twitter of smoke surrounding the building.

Police identified the suspected bomber as a “26-year-old Inner Mongolian man,” the newspaper reported.

Beijing police said on its Weibo account that a 26-year-old Inner Mongolian man detonated the explosive at the intersection of Tianze Lu and Anjialou Lu at around 1 pm (Local time).

State media had earlier reported that police detained a woman who sprayed gasoline on herself about 11 a.m. local time.

However, The Free Press said whether this has any connection with the explosion is yet not clear.
 

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