Bomb found at New Delhi flower market
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Indian bomb disposal experts cordoned off a busy flower market in the capital New Delhi Friday after finding an improvised bomb left in an abandoned bag, police said.
"The site is under a police cordon and we have recovered an IED (Improvised Explosive Device)," a police officer told AFP.
"Everything else including who left the bag there and the kind of explosive inside the bag is a matter of investigation."
Police commissioner Rakesh Asthana told the NDTV news channel the bag was left behind by a customer who visited a shop to buy flowers at the Ghazipur wholesale flower market.
Media reports said police carried out a controlled explosion.
Posted by: Fred 2022-01-16 |