Indian crime scene investigators scoured through the wreckage of a car on Tuesday that exploded hours earlier in the heart of the capital, killing at least eight people.

Police have not given details on the cause of the explosion, which also left at least 19 people injured, when intense flames ripped through other vehicles near the landmark Red Fort in the crowded Old Delhi quarter of the city.

Home Minister Amit Shah told reporters late Monday that the security forces were “keeping all angles open”, adding it was “very difficult to say what caused the incident” until forensic samples had been analysed.

At dawn on Tuesday, AFP reporters at the site of the explosion said police white sheets had been erected around the charred remains of vehicles overnight.

Both forensic and anti-terrori

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