Two police officers examine a damaged vehicle in front of a hotel in Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong Province August 13, 2003. A masked man drove the vehicle into the lobby of the hotel and fired a self-made gun at two oil barrels placed in the vehicle, causing a blast, which killed one person and injuring three others. [People's Daily]

The blast caused a mess at the hotel.

The blast broke some of the glass at the hotel.

The damaged vehicle

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