Srinagar: At least nine people lost their lives and 29 others were injured after a huge pile of explosives, seized from a doctor in Faridabad, went off inside a police station in Nowgam near Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday night.

The casualty figure may rise as five of the injured are in a critical condition. Most of those killed and injured are policemen or forensics experts who were examining the explosives. ADVERTISEMENT

A naib tehsildar and another official of the Srinagar administration were also among those killed.

According to officials, the injured were rushed to the Indian Army’s 92 Base Hospital and Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS). The area has been cordoned off and senior police officials have reached Nowgam to take stock of the situation.

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