New Delhi: Eight people have been killed and atleast 24 injured in a high-intensity blast that ripped through a car parked near the Red Fort on Monday evening, November 10, leaving multiple vehicles in flames and shattering window panes.

The injured were taken to the LNJP hospital a few kilometres away.

The nature of the explosion is not known yet. A team of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) reached the spot. A high alert has been sounded in Delhi.

Police sounded a high alert in Delhi. Seven fire tenders were rushed to the spot with police cordoning off the area, the Delhi Fire Services said.

The blast was so powerful that it shattered the windows of vehicles parked several metres away and was heard in nearby buildings of the congested area.

“The blast occurred in a car parked

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