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

By Thomson Reuters May 3, 2026 | 6:01 AM

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)