Beijing: A blast occurred at the Beijing International Airport on Saturday, witnesses and state-run media said. The explosion was heard in Terminal 3 of the airport, witnesses said.

State-run Xinhua news agency too reported the explosion though there were no immediate reports of casualties.A man in a wheelchair detonated explosives, state-run CCTV reported without giving further details. The daily mail reports:

A man in a wheelchair set off a home-made bomb in the arrivals hall at Beijing Airport today.

The man was initially suspected to to have died in the blast in Terminal 3 at around 6.24pm local time, but Chinese state media has now said he survived and was taken to hospital.

A photograph emerged online in the wake of the explosion showing a man in a wheelchair brandishing something in the air, along with another showing an empty wheelchair on its side in the smoke-filled arrivals hall.