徐州幼儿园爆炸已致八人死亡

A massive explosion outside a school in China’s eastern province of Jiangsu has killed eight people and injured at least 65 as of Friday morning, according to local government officials.

根据当地政府官员的说法，截至周五早上，华东江苏省一个幼儿园外发生的大规模爆炸已导致8人丧生，至少65人受伤。

The explosion happened yesterday afternoon as parents and relatives were waiting to pick up their children from the Chuangxin Kindergarten in the city of Xuzhou. Images of the explosion’s aftermath show bystanders thrown to the ground, many of them elderly or carrying children.

这一爆炸发生于昨天下午，当时家长和亲属正在门外，等着接回从徐州市创新幼儿园(Chuangxin Kindergarten)走出的孩子。爆炸后的现场照片显示，围观者被爆炸推到了地上，他们中的许多人是老人或带着孩子。

None of the victims were students of the kindergarten, which had not yet let out students at the time of the explosion, the mayor of Xuzhou told Chinese media.

徐州市市长告诉中国媒体，由于爆炸发生时幼儿园还未放学，爆炸案受害者中并无幼儿园的学生。

Public security said early Friday morning that they had “made an initial determination that this is a criminal case, and are tentatively focusing on a suspect”. The vaguely worded statement did not explain whether the explosion was caused intentionally or a result of negligence. There has been no mention of any terrorist link behind the explosion.

周五早上早些时候，公安部门表示，他们已将爆炸案“初步判定为刑事案件，已初步锁定嫌疑人”。这一措辞含混的声明并未解释爆炸案是有意实施还是疏忽大意导致的。目前还没有爆炸案幕后与恐怖分子有关的任何说法。