Delhi in shock, explosion causes massacre. Car explodes, 13 dead. The monument closed for three days
The Indian media are spreading the name and photos of the man suspected of being the suicide bomber who caused a car explosion last night in Delhi near the Red Fort, killing 13 people and injuring at least twenty. The man, Umar Un Nabi Mohammed, was a doctor of Kashmiri origin. According to what was announced by two officers of the Special Cell of the Delhi Police, Mohammed was the owner of the Hyundai i20 that exploded, and was in contact with the two Kashmiri doctors arrested yesterday a few hours before the explosion, in Faridabad, a satellite city of the capital: the two arrested were in possession of three tons of explosives. The investigators put forward the hypothesis that the three doctors had set up a clandestine network disguising terrorist activities behind the façade of an unsuspecting profession. So far, four people have been stopped by the police: in addition to the two doctors arrested before the explosion, the officers stopped the two previous owners of the exploded car, to trace the last and current owner through them.
After an entire night in which uncertain data alternated, the Delhi Police confirmed to the press this morning that 13 people died from the car explosion near the Red Fort metro station, of which five have not yet been identified. Meanwhile, Indian Home Minister Amit Shah, who last night held a press conference at the site of the explosion saying that “every possible lead would be followed”, is chairing a meeting of the Special Security Committee. Due to security reasons, visits to the Red Fort have been suspended for the next three days.
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has announced that the Red Fort will remain closed for visitors for the next three days. The media reported it, underlining that the decision aims to reduce public gatherings near the monument, while investigations are carried out at the site of yesterday’s explosion.
