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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Arpan Rai

‘Shook the ground under my feet’: Witnesses recount horrific aftermath of car explosion near Delhi’s Red Fort

A day after a powerful blast in Delhi killed at least eight people, witnesses described the moment they felt something like an earthquake had hit India’s capital city as windows shattered and people started to flee the streets in panic.

Dozens were wounded when a slow-moving car exploded at a traffic signal near Delhi’s Red Fort – a huge historic Mughal monument – on Monday evening. The blast is being probed as a suspected terror attack under India’s stringent anti-terrorism law and prime minister Narendra Modi has vowed to bring all those responsible to justice.

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