Three wounded in suicide blast at Chinese embassy in Kyrgyzstan

A"suicide bomber" rammed his car into the gate of the Chinese embassy in Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday, an attack which left three others wounded, reports said.

Images posted online showed a large plume of smoke towering above Bishkek, the capital of the former Soviet Central Asian country, while emergency vehicles raced through the streets.

"As a result of the explosion only the suicide bomber terrorist died. Security guards were injured," Kyrgyzstan's Deputy Prime Minister Jenish Razakov told journalists.

A security source told AFP that an "explosive device" had been placed inside the vehicle.

Chinese state news agency Xinhua said: “ The driver tried to ram the gate of the embassy compound.”

Xinhua showed images on Twitter of police cordoning off the embassy area.

Local journalist Ryskeldi Satke said on Twitter: “I actually heard it. Pretty strong blast.”