Delhi blast was terror incident, Indian government says
A deadly car blast in a busy area of India’s capital city Delhi was a “terror incident”, the country’s government has said.
At least eight people were killed and 20 more injured in the explosion near the city’s historic Red Fort on Monday.
The Red Fort was built in the the 17th Century and is visited by thousands of tourists daily. Indian prime ministers give their annual Independence Day speeches at the site.
Delhi Police Commissioner Satish Golcha told reporters the incident happened at around 18:52 local time (13:52 GMT), when a slow-moving vehicle stopped at a red light before it exploded, damaging nearby vehicles.
A police spokesperson told the BBC that the explosion came from a Hyundai i20 car that was moving and carrying three people at the time, a police spokesman told the BBC.
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