DHAKA: A car driven by a suicide bomber exploded after ramming into a gate at the Chinese embassy in the Kyrgyzstan capital of Bishkek, authorities said.

Local medics said the driver of the car was killed while two embassy staff and a woman were injured in the blast.

“As a result of the explosion, only the suicide bomber terrorist died. Security guards were injured,” Kyrgyzstan’s Deputy Prime Minister Jenish Razakov said, reports Al Jazeera.

A source at the Bishkek police told AFP news agency that the car smashed an embassy gate before blowing up in the centre of the compound close to the ambassador's residence.

Local residents told the media that the blast had blown in their windows and caused their houses to shake.

Employees from the Chinese and nearby American embassy were evacuated, the Kyrgyz emergency service said.

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