Two dead, three injured after explosion in southern England, police say


LONDON, May ⁠3 (Reuters) - Two people have died ⁠and three others, including a child, ‌suffered minor injuries after an explosion at a house in the southern English city ​of Bristol, with authorities ⁠treating the cause ⁠of the incident as suspicious, police ⁠said ‌on Sunday.

Police, who declared it a major incident, said ⁠they were not treating it as ​a ‌suspected terrorist event and Avon and ⁠Somerset ​Police Superintendent Matt Ebbs later described it as a domestic-related incident.

Officers are ⁠also carrying out enquiries ​at a property in Bristol linked to the explosion and while they ⁠were at an early stage, the authorities at this point were not looking for anyone else in ​connection with the explosion, ⁠the police said in a statement.

Police ​said there seemed ‌to be no significant ​damage to other properties.

(Reporting by Muvija MEditing by Tomasz Janowski)

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