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Explosion in Israel embassy car, four injured
Monday February 13, 2012 07:30:32 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi:
A car belonging to the Israeli embassy was gutted after an
explosion Monday afternoon in a high-security zone in the Indian
capital, not far from the residence of Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh. Four people, including an Israeli woman, were injured,
police said.
Officials said the fire was from an explosion caused by a "foreign
substance attached to the rear of the vehicle".
The Israeli embassy confirmed the incident but refused to give
details.
The incident took place at the Safdarjung Road-Aurangzeb Road
crossing, not far from the 7, Race Course Road residence of the
Indian prime minister.
An alert was sounded in the capital and the government asked
foreign missions to be on vigil.
According to an eyewitness, there was an explosion in the Israeli
embassy's Tata Innova car that had four people, including a woman,
travelling in it. The registration number of the car is 109 CD 35.
The car got badly damaged as it caught fire immediately after the
blast.
A Tata Indica car moving alongside the Innova was also damaged.
According to another eyewitness Ravi Singh, passers-by rushed to
rescue the people trapped in the two cars.
"There was an explosion in a car. There were two people in the
car, which was followed by an Indica. People in the Indica car
also got injured," Singh told reporters.
The fire department received the first call at 3.18 pm. One fire
tender reached the spot to douse the flames. The Central Forensic
Science Laboratory and the bomb squad team also reached the spot.
Officials didn't rule out a terror link.
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