Three injured by explosions in Japan park: fire dept

Two near-simultaneous blasts in a Japanese park today injured at least three people, with one of them in critical condition, the local fire department said.

The explosions occurred at a park in Utsunomiya, some 100 kilometres (60 miles) north of Tokyo, shortly after 11:30 am (0230 GMT), a fire department spokesman said. It was not immediately clear what caused the blasts.