المملكة: India announces the arrest of an accomplice in the attack "The suicide bomber" By car in New Delhi
She said Indian authorities Sunday, the car explosion occurred in New Delhiearlier this week was an attack carried out by "Suicidal"announcing the arrest of his partner.
The National Investigation Agency, which is in charge of Anti-terrorism, the attacker and the second suspect are from the Indian-administered part of Kashmir, where police have carried out large-scale raids in recent days.
The agency announced "breakthrough" In the investigation, she said she arrested Amir Rashid Ali, whom she described as an accomplice "The suicide bomber" that "The car used in the attack was registered in his name".
An explosive device
Amir Rashid Ali came to New Delhi "To facilitate the purchase of the vehicle that was eventually used as an explosive device"According to a statement by the Counter-Terrorism Agency.
The agency identified the driver as Omar Nabi, a resident of Kashmir who was an assistant professor of general medicine at a university in the northern state of Haryana.
The explosion occurred on Monday near a crowded metro station in the vicinity of the historic Red Fort in the Old Delhi neighborhood of the capital, where the Prime Minister delivers his annual speech on the occasion of Independence Day.
Death toll
A hospital official reported that the explosion killed 12 people. It was not clear whether Omar Al-Nabi was included in the death toll.
The National Investigation Agency statement said the attack "It killed ten innocent people and injured 32 others"
The agency added that it confiscated another car owned by Omar Al-Nabi.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi considered the attack "plot"And his government pledged to provide "The perpetrators, their collaborators and their sponsors" To justice.
The most serious incident
This is considered the most serious security incident since April 22, when 26 civilians, most of them Hindus, were killed at the Pahalgam tourist site in the Indian-administered part of Kashmir, which led to clashes with Pakistan.
Kashmir has been divided between India and Pakistan since their independence from British rule in 1947. Both of them claim full sovereignty over the region located in the mountains. Himalayas.
Tensions are still high between New Delhi and Islamabad.
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