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New Delhi Sees Deadliest Attack in 3 Years

Bomb was hidden in briefcase; blast killed 10

By the Associated Press

Posted Sep 7, 2011 6:19 AM CDT

(AP) – A bomb apparently hidden in a briefcase exploded today as people lined up outside a top court in New Delhi, killing 10 people and wounding scores more in the deadliest attack in India's capital in nearly three years. The blast near a gate at the High Court, the second at the building in five months, came despite a high alert in the city and renewed doubts about India's ability to protect even its most important institutions despite a security overhaul that followed the 2008 Mumbai siege.

"There was smoke everywhere. People were running. People were shouting. There was blood everywhere. It was very, very scary," said Sangeeta Sondhi, a lawyer who was parking her car near the gate when the bomb exploded. A Muslim militant group claimed responsibility for the blast in an email, but investigators said it was too early to name any group as suspects.

A relative of one of a bomb blast victims reacts at the RML hospital in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011. A bomb exploded this morning outside the High Court in New Delhi. (Gurinder Osan)

A relative of a bomb blast victim wails at the RML hospital in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011. A bomb exploded Wednesday outside a top court in New Delhi. (Gurinder Osan)

A person injured in a bomb explosion reacts as he is brought to the RML hospital in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011. The bomb exploded outside a crowded gate leading to the High Court. (Gurinder Osan)

A man injured in bomb blast is brought to the RML hospital in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011. A bomb exploded this morning outside a crowded gate leading to the High Court in New Delhi. (Gurinder Osan)

Indian police officers guard the scene of a blast outside the High Court in New Delhi, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011. A bomb exploded Wednesday morning outside a crowded gate leading to the High Court. (Manish Swarup)

A man injured in a bomb blast is taken on a stretcher at the RML hospital in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011. A bomb apparently hidden in a briefcase exploded Wednesday outside a top court. (Gurinder Osan)

A man injured in a bomb blast is taken on a stretcher at the RML hospital in New Delhi, India, today. A bomb apparently hidden in a briefcase exploded today outside a top court in New Delhi. (Gurinder Osan)

Relatives of a bomb blast victims wail at the RML hospital in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2011. A bomb exploded Wednesday outside a top court in New Delhi. (Gurinder Osan)

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