Overview
- Indian police opened a terrorism-focused inquiry into the Red Fort area car explosion with at least eight confirmed dead, invoking anti-terror laws and cautioning that higher tolls reported by some outlets remain unconfirmed.
- Investigators in the Delhi region reported arrests and seizures including roughly 360 kilograms of suspected explosive precursor material during raids linked to the case, as senior officials pledged a rapid, thorough probe.
- In Islamabad, police said at least six people were killed in a blast outside a district court and are examining whether it was a suicide attack or an accidental gas explosion, with the cause not yet established.
- Berlin’s state security and LKA explosives experts are investigating a detonation at Vivantes Neukölln and a fire at the Charité Mitte, suspecting illegal pyrotechnics; no injuries were reported and hospital operations continue.
- In Geisenfeld, Upper Bavaria, police now suspect deliberate arson after accelerant traces were found in a house explosion and fire that left a male body, with the 59-year-old resident under suspicion and identification pending DNA analysis.