"At least seven people have been killed and 27 more injured after a cache of confiscated explosives detonated in a police station in Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir's main city. The stockpile exploded late on Friday night at a police station in the Nowgam area in the south of Srinagar. list of 3 itemsend of list Most of those killed were policemen and forensic team officials who were examining the explosives at the time of the detonation, unnamed sources told Indian broadcaster NDTV."
"Two officials from the Srinagar administration also died in the blast. With five people still in critical condition, the death toll could continue to climb, according to the media outlet. Not a terror attack. Police say it's a very unfortunate incident, NDTV's senior executive editor Aditya Raj Kaul said in a post on social media. The blast happened when a forensics team and the police were checking the explosive material stored at the police station, he said."
"The huge blast comes days after Monday's deadly car explosion in New Delhi, which killed at least 12 people near the city's historic Red Fort and which officials have called a terror incident. The explosion in the Indian capital occurred just hours after police arrested several people and seized explosive materials as well as assault rifles. Police said the suspects were linked to Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM), a Pakistan-based group that is seeking to end Indian rule in Kashmir, and Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind, a Kashmir offshoot linked to JeM."
A cache of confiscated explosives detonated at a Nowgam police station in Srinagar late on Friday night, killing at least seven people and injuring 27. Most fatalities were policemen and forensic officials who were examining the explosives, and two Srinagar administration officials also died. Five people remain in critical condition, so the death toll may rise. Police described the incident as an unfortunate accident and not a terror attack. The detonation involved large ammonium nitrate explosives seized earlier. The explosion follows a deadly car blast in New Delhi linked by police to Jaish-e-Muhammad and an allied offshoot.
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