At least eight people were killed in a car explosion near the landmark Red Fort in the Indian capital New Delhi, city police said.
The blast occurred in a Hyundai car near the Red Fort, though the cause was not immediately known. The owner of the car has been arrested, broadcaster NDTV reported.
India's interior minister Amit Shah said authorities were exploring all possibilities, with detectives ordered to examine CCTV cameras nearby. “All options will be investigated immediately, and we will present the results to the public," he
Police commissioner Satish Golcha said a slow-moving vehicle stopped at a red light before "an explosion happened in that vehicle". Forensic and counter-terrorism personnel were at the scene, while Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered a message of condolences to the bereaved.
"May the injured recover at the earliest. Those affected are being assisted by authorities," Mr Modi said.
At least 11 people were injured, TV channels reported. The explosion occurred shortly before 7pm local time, as people were returning home from work in a densely populated district of New Delhi.
Ambulances streamed into a nearby public hospital, carrying several injured people. Images broadcast showed flames and smoke billowing from several vehicles in a congested street near a metro station.
At least six vehicles and three autorickshaws caught fire, Delhi's deputy fire chief said, with the flames being doused by firefighting teams.
"We heard a big sound, our windows shook," one resident who did not give a name told NDTV.
Delhi's Red Fort, known in India as the Lal Qila, is a 17th-century, Mughal-era structure in the old city, visited by tourists throughout the year. The prime minister addresses the nation from the fort's ramparts every year on August 15, India's independence day.
India was rocked in April by a deadly attack on tourists in Kashmir, which prompted an exchange of military fire with Pakistan. India has also suffered fatal accidental explosions, notably at chemicals and fireworks factories.
Delhi was the target of blasts during the 1980s and 1990s, with public places such as bus stations and crowded market areas hit in attacks blamed on Islamist militants or on separatists from the state of Punjab. About a dozen people were killed in a briefcase explosion outside the Delhi High Court in 2011 - the last such major incident in the city
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