Bomb explodes outside Israeli embassy in India

A bomb has exploded outside the Israeli embassy in the Indian capital, New Delhi, on the anniversary of the establishment of relations between India and the Tel Aviv regime.

According to Press TV, the New Delhi police confirmed the bomb blast in a statement on Friday, saying that a “very low intensity improvised device” had gone off at 5.05 pm outside the Israel embassy, close to Jindal House, in the high-security zone of the capital.

“No injury to any person was reported and nor was there any damage to property,” police said, adding, however, that the windscreens of three vehicles parked nearby had been blown off.

Police attempted to downplay the incident by describing it as “a mischievous attempt to create a sensation,” according to “initial impressions.”

The district around the embassy was cordoned off following the explosion and police and bomb disposal experts were at the scene.

The blast took place on the anniversary of the establishment of relations between India and the illegal Zionist entity in January 1992, when the Indian National Congress was in power, upended decades of non-aligned Indian foreign policy to normalize ties with the Tel Aviv regime.

The blast also came as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other government and military leaders were attending a ceremony only a few kilometers away.

New Delhi is also on high security alert amid protests by farmers against a series of controversial agricultural reform laws that deteriorated into serious unrest this week.

India is a major purchaser of Israeli military equipment.

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