10 dead and nearly 50 injured in blast outside Delhi High Court
Posted on: 07/Sep/2011 3:37:33 AM
At least 10 people have been killed and 65 others injured in a bomb blast outside the Delhi High Court on Wednesday morning.
The blast took place at around 10.15 am. Home secretary RK Singh told reporters the explosives were placed in a briefcase at the high court reception where hundreds of people come through every day to attend court cases.
National Security Guard (NSG) and National Investigation Agency (NIA) teams have also reached the blast site. NSG Director General Rajen Medhekar said that ammonium nitrate has been used in the blast.
"Whatever we could gather from the blast investigations is that it is an IED (improvised explosive device) with ammonium nitrate. We are working with the Delhi Police to get details," said Medhekar.
"It is not possible to say who is behind the blast at this point. The Government condemns this terror blast. Delhi has been a target of the terrorists. The group has not been tracked. The objective of the terrorists is to destabilise the country," said Home minister P.Chidambaram while making a statement in the Lok Sabha on the terror strike.
