Blast hits China tax office

SHANGHAI: A blast rocked a local tax office in central China, killing at least four people and injuring 19, in what police say appeared to be a deliberate attack, the official news agency said on Saturday.

Friday afternoon”s explosion occurred at a district tax office in Changsha, capital of Hunan province, agency said.

Initial investigations showed the explosion was a planned attack, agency cited the city”s police department as saying in a statement.