Home
Discover Islam
Quran Recitations
Lectures
Fatwa
Articles
Fiqh
E-Books
Women
Boys & Girls 
Hajj Rulings
Hajj Fatwas
A bomb apparently hidden in a suitcase has exploded outside the high court in New Delhi, India's capital, killing at least nine people and wounding 45 others, officials said.
The blast erupted near a large crowd of people waiting in line to reach a reception counter where passes are made for entry to the court building, RK Singh, home secretary, said on Wednesday.
"It appears that the bomb was in a suitcase because we have the remains of that suitcase," he told a local TV channel.
Ambulances took the injured away to a nearby government hospital; fire trucks were also sent to the scene.
Police cordoned off the area, not far from parliament and the prime minister's office.
According to local news channels, the blast took place just before the court opened for hearings at about 10am local time [4:30 GMT].
"There was a bomb blast where you enter the court... there was panic everywhere. Now we are on the way to the hospital," Kriti Uppal, an eyewitness, told a local TV channel.
Television images showed scores of lawyers in black coats running from one of the main gates of the building.
In May, a low-intensity blast outside the same court triggered panic but injured no one. The blast on Wednesday was outside the busiest gate of the high court.
The blast was the first major attack in India since a string of bombs exploded in three busy Mumbai neighborhoods on July 13, killing 24 people.
Pakistan-based gunmen attacked Mumbai in coordinated assaults that killed at least 166 people in 2008, raising tension with nuclear-armed arch rival Pakistan.
PHOTO CAPTION
Personnel of the bomb disposal squad inspect the site after a low intensity explosion near a car outside the Delhi High Court in New Delhi
Source: Al Jazeera
