Reuters
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At least eight folks have been killed in an explosion near the landmark Red Fort in a densely populated district of the Indian capital New Delhi, metropolis police stated.
The blast occurred in a automobile near the Red Fort, however the precise trigger was not instantly recognized, and was being investigated, metropolis police spokesperson Sanjay Tyagi stated.
At least 11 folks have been injured, native TV channels stated.
Visuals on native media confirmed flames and smoke billowing from a couple of car in what was described as a congested road situated near a metro station in the outdated a part of Delhi.
At least six autos and three autorickshaws caught fireplace, Delhi’s deputy fireplace chief stated, including that the flames had been doused by firefighting groups.
“We heard a big sound, our windows shook,” one resident who didn’t give a reputation, informed NDTV.
Police tried to clear crowds that gathered across the website of the incident.
The Red Fort, recognized in India because the Lal Qila, is a Seventeenth-century, Mughal-era fort situated in the outdated metropolis and visited by vacationers by the yr.