One person was killed and several people were injured on Monday in two separate explosions in the United Arab Emirates' capital Abu Dhabi and its tourism hub Dubai, the police and local media said.
A gas cylinder exploded in a Dubai restaurant early on Monday and killed one person, local media reported.
In Abu Dhabi, the blast hit KFC and Hardees restaurants on the city's Rashid bin Saeed Street, the National reported, adding that other retail outlets were also damaged.