US EditionDeadly Car Explosion Strikes Near New Delhi's Red Fort
- On Monday, a car exploded near Gate Number 1 of the Red Fort metro station in New Delhi, killing at least eight people and injuring several others.
- Delhi Police said the cause remains unclear and investigations have begun as Satish Golcha, Delhi Police Commissioner, reported, `There was a blast around 6.52 pm in a slow moving vehicle near Red Fort. There were passengers inside the vehicle.`
- Seven fire tenders and firefighters doused flames by 7.29 pm after six cars and three autorickshaws caught fire; fifteen injured were taken to Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital.
- Authorities placed New Delhi on high alert as Union Home Minister Amit Shah was regularly briefed and the National Investigation Agency and National Security Guard reached the site, while Mumbai Police tightened security.
- Traffic around the Red Fort, Old Delhi and Chandni Chowk was diverted and commuters advised to avoid routes amid recent recoveries of around 360 kg of suspected ammonium nitrate and arrests including Dr Muzammil Ganaie.
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An eyewitness describes to the BBC what he saw after a car explosion near the Red Fort in the Indian capital.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has described the deadly explosion near a famous fort in New Delhi as a conspiracy. During a visit to Bhutan, he vowed that those involved would not escape punishment.
At least eight people were killed and 19 injured yesterday when a vehicle exploded in the center of New Delhi, the capital of India, reported the city’s deputy fire chief, AK Malik. Detonation, which occurred next to the city’s Red Fort, reached at least six cars, as well as several rickshaw taxis. The owner of the car was stopped. At the close of this edition the cause was unknown.
Fact check: Red Fort blast in Delhi not confirmed to be CNG explosion
TeamSaathOfficial has since deleted the tweet; however, a reply to the original tweet, stating that "Grok has confirmed" that the Red Fort blast was caused by CNG explosion, remains on the account.
At least eight people were killed in the car explosion in the heart of the Indian capital on Monday.
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