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BISHKEK - A car exploded near the Chinese embassy in Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday, killing its driver and wounding three people, the healthcare ministry said.

The GKNB state security service said it was investigating the blast but provided no other details.

A Kyrgyz senior security officer told Xinhua that it was a suicide car bombing attack, in which the driver tried to ram the gate of the embassy compound.

The identities and nationalities of the injured are yet to be determined, he said, without offering more details.

Earlier, a Sputnik correspondent reported that ambulance cars are heading to the southern part of the city and a group of law enforcement officers had been already sent to the scene to clarify the details, while the area had also been cordoned.

Police stand in front of the Chinese embassy in Kyrgyzstan after a car exploded when the driver tried to ram the gate of the embassy compound.[Photo/Sputnik]