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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Shweta Sharma

India confirms blast near Delhi’s Red Fort was ‘heinous terror incident’

The Indian government has confirmed that a deadly car blast near Delhi’s Red Fort area on Monday was a “terror incident” perpetrated by “anti-national forces”.

The federal cabinet of ministers, led by prime minister Narendra Modi, passed a resolution late Wednesday, finally confirming speculations that it was a terror attack, two days after an explosion ripped through one of the busiest streets outside the 17th-century Mughal fort.

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