Nine persons were killed and 32 injured in an accidental explosion at the Nowgam police station in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday night, the Union Territory’s police chief said.

The blast, which took place at 11.20 pm, occurred when the Forensic Science Laboratory team was taking samples of explosive substances and chemicals seized in the recent raids on a terror module in Faridabad, Haryana.

“Any other speculation into the cause of the incident is unnecessary,” Director General of Police Nalin Prabhat told reporters on Saturday.

An inquiry has been launched into the incident, he added.

The explosive substances had been transported from Faridabad and kept “securely in an open area” of the Nowgam police station, Prabhat said.

As per the procedure, samples of the recovered material had t

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