Terrorism

A car explosion killed at least 10 people near a metro station at the landmark Red Fort monument in Delhi, northern India, on Monday, according to a hospital official.
More than 30 other people were “badly injured,” said Dr. Manish Kumar Jha, a physician at the local Lok Nayak Hospital. “Many are not in a position of recovering,” he told reporters in the capital.
Police have launched an investigation into the cause of the blast, which is not yet known.
Earlier that day, a “slow-moving” vehicle “came to a stop” near a red light around 6:42 p.m. local time (5:42 a.m. ET), Delhi Police Commissioner Satish Golcha, told reporters.
“An explosion occurred in that vehicle, the passengers in the vehicle and people in surrounding vehicles were impacted,” Golcha said. At least six vehicles and three autorickshaws were lit aflame, Reuters reported, citing Delhi’s deputy fire chief.
Emergency crews then arrived at the scene and extinguished the blaze – after receiving a call at 6:55 p.m. local time (5:55 a.m. ET), Sumit Kumar, a Delhi fire services official, told CNN earlier. Survivors were taken to a nearby hospital.
Authorities will search CCTV cameras in the vicinity of the blast, according to India’s Home Minister Amit Shah, who will visit the site of the attack.
“We are investigation the explosion from every angle,” Golcha, the Delhi police commissioner, added. “The situation is being regularly monitored.”
Footage of the aftermath showed streams of motorcyclists and passersby rushing towards the site of the blast, where huge, orange flames rose into the pitch black sky. Residents recalled a loud bang ringing through the neighborhood in Delhi.
“We heard a big sound, our windows shook,” one resident who did not give a name, told Indian broadcaster NDTV, according to Reuters.
Another resident saw the flames from his house. “There was a loud explosion. I live nearby,” Rajdhar Pandey told CNN affiliate CNN News-18.
The Red Fort, known in India as the Lal Qila, is a 17th-century, Mughal-era fort located in the old city and visited by tourists through the year, according to Reuters.
This story and headline have been updated with additional developments.
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