-An explosion ripped through a police station in Srinagar city in India’s Kashmir late on Friday, a local police official said. A fire engulfed the Nowgam police station compound and fire tenders have been rushed to the spot, the official said, adding that casualties were feared. Indian media also reported a blast at the police […]
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Explosion rips through police station in India’s Kashmir, official says
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-An explosion ripped through a police station in Srinagar city in India’s Kashmir late on Friday, a local police official said.
A fire engulfed the Nowgam police station compound and fire tenders have been rushed to the spot, the official said, adding that casualties were feared.
Indian media also reported a blast at the police station, with visuals of a raging fire.
The cause of the explosion was not immediately clear. It comes four days after a deadly car explosion in Delhi, India’s capital, that the government said was a terror incident.
(Reporting by Fayaz Bukhari in Srinagar; Writing by Shivam Patel; Editing by Leslie Adler)