The cause of the incident has not yet been determined, although the deputy director general of Public Order in the neighboring state of Uttar Pradesh said that security had been reinforced in sensitive areas of the region.
At least eight people died and 15 were injured in an explosion that occurred on Monday afternoon (10) in the center of , close to the Indian capital, an incident that is already being investigated. “Fifteen people were taken to Lok Nayak Hospital. Eight of them died before reaching the hospital. Three are seriously injured”, the hospital center’s medical superintendent told news agency “ANI”. The cause of the explosion has not yet been determined, although the deputy director general of Public Order in the neighboring state of Uttar Pradesh told “ANI” that security has been reinforced in sensitive areas in the region.
So far, no member of the Indian government has commented on the explosion, although local press reports that Interior Minister Amit Shah is monitoring the situation. The explosion occurred around 7 pm (10:30 am in Brasília) in front of the Red Fort, one of the most tourist areas in the center of the Indian capital.
The city of New Delhi regularly receives false bomb threats against schools, planes, hospitals or other infrastructure and institutions, which causes chaos and disrupts the functioning of services in the capital. On October 20, 2024, an explosion occurred near a secondary school in the Indian capital, leaving no deaths or injuries, but causing material damage in the area.
*With information from EFE
