9 killed in unintended explosion at police station in Indian-administered Kashmir, officers say

[ad_1] 9 individuals have been killed and 32 injured after a stockpile of confiscated explosives by accident blew up at a police station in Indian-administered Kashmir, police mentioned.

It comes simply days after a car blast killed several people in Delhi , in what the federal government has known as a "terror incident".

The explosion occurred on Friday night at Nowgam police station, and the explosives had been seized from Faridabad within the northern state of Haryana earlier within the week.

The area's director common of police, Nalin Prabhat, mentioned the explosives had been being despatched for forensic examination - however because of a "very unlucky" mishap throughout dealing with they detonated at round 23:20 native time (17:50 GMT).

Police mentioned in an announcement that it was an unintended detonation, not a terrorist assault. "Some other hypothesis into the reason for this incident is pointless," the police chief instructed journalists.

The police station suffered extreme injury within the explosion and adjoining buildings had been additionally affected, he mentioned.

A number of automobiles had been "engulfed in flames and lowered to charred husks, with particles scattered throughout the positioning", in keeping with a police assertion.

"The depth of the blast was such that some physique components had been recovered from close by homes, round 100-200 metres away from the police station," a supply instructed Reuters information company.

Many of the victims had been law enforcement officials, together with forensic personnel, two crime scene photographers, and a tailor who was with the staff.

Manoj Sinha, the area's Lieutenant Governor appointed by the Indian authorities, expressed his condolences and mentioned he had ordered an investigation.

"I've ordered a probe to establish the reason for the unintended explosion. Deeply anguished by the lack of treasured lives because of extraordinarily tragic unintended blast at Nowgam police station in Srinagar. My condolences to the bereaved households. I pray for fast restoration of the injured," he wrote on social media.