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1 dead after 2 explosions hit Japanese city; cause unclear

Associated Press
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    Firefighters investigate the scene where two cars caught on fire at a parking lot in Utsunomiya, north of Tokyo Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016. Police are investigating two apparent blasts, one at the parking lot and the other at a nearby public park, that happened back-to- back and left one person dead. (Yukie Nishizawa/Kyodo News via AP) (The Associated Press)

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    Firefighters investigate the scene where two cars caught on fire at a parking lot in Utsunomiya, north of Tokyo Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016. Police are investigating two apparent blasts, one at the parking lot and the other at a nearby public park, that happened back-to- back and left one person dead. (Yukie Nishizawa/Kyodo News via AP) (The Associated Press)

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    A bicycle is seen fallen on the ground in front of a damaged wooden bench following an explosion at a park in Utsunomiya, north of Tokyo, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016. One person is dead and several people have been injured after two apparent explosions back-to-back in the city. Japanese media say the reported blasts occurred before noon Sunday at the park and a nearby pay-parking lot. It wasn’t clear if they were related, and police are investigating the cause. (Yukie Nishizawa/Kyodo News via AP)http://epix.ap.org/# (The Associated Press)

TOKYO – One person is dead and three others injured after two apparent explosions back-to-back in the Japanese city of Utsunomiya (oot-soo-noh-mee-ya).

Japanese media say the reported blasts occurred before noon Sunday at a public park and a nearby pay-parking lot. It wasn't clear if they were related, and police are investigating.

Kyodo News service says a burned body was found in the park after police received a call saying a person was engulfed in flames following sounds of an explosion. Three others were injured.

A few minutes earlier, a car caught on fire in the parking lot. Flames and smoke shot into the air and repeated bangs could be heard on video posted on the Asahi newspaper website. No one was hurt.

Utsunomiya is 100 kilometers (60 miles) north of Tokyo.