NEW DELHI (Reuters) -At least eight people were killed in a car explosion on Monday near the historic Red Fort in a densely populated district of the Indian capital Delhi, a city police spokesperson said, though the exact cause of the blast is still being investigated.

Here are some major explosions that have hit the Indian capital in recent decades:

September 2011:

A powerful bomb placed in a briefcase outside the High Court in New Delhi killed 12 people and injured dozens.

May 2011:

A blast occurred outside the Delhi High Court but did not cause any injuries.

September 2008:

A bomb exploded in a crowded market in New Delhi on September 28, killing two people and wounding 22 others.

On September 13, at least five serial bombs exploded in the capital’s central area of Connaught Pla

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