Beijing: Three suspects have been detained in connection with a recent explosion at a Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) outlet in north China's Hebei Province.
Hebei police caught the three suspects around midnight on Thursday, a spokesman of the provincial public security bureau told media here on Friday.
In a preliminary interrogation, the suspects confessed they had triggered the explosion after a failed "racketeering" attempt, a news agency quoted the spokesman as saying.
The explosion took on August 7 at a KFC outlet in Renqiu City.
No one was injured, but the deafening bang caused panic among the diners and a child was sent to hospital with temporary hearing impairment, he said.
Police are still investigating the case.
PTI
First Published: Friday, August 19, 2011, 19:47