AT least nine people, mostly police personnel and forensic officials, were killed and 29 others injured when a cache of confiscated explosives exploded at a police station in the Indian-administered region of Kashmir late on Friday, police sources said.
“The identification of the bodies is underway, as some have been completely burnt,” Reuters cited one source saying today, adding that the blast was so intense that body parts were recovered from nearby houses up to 200 metres away.
Some of the injured are in critical condition, the sources added. The police chief of Jammu and Kashmir is expected to hold a press conference on the incident.
The explosion at Nowgam police station comes just days after a car bomb in New Delhi killed at least eight people in what authorities have described as a terror attack.
Nuclear-armed neighbours India and Pakistan have long fought intermittent wars over Kashmir, a region both nations claim in full but control only in part. - November 15, 2025
