An explosion took place on Tuesday, December 26, near the Israeli embassy in India, located in New Delhi, without causing any casualties within the embassy, according to Israeli and Indian sources.
“This evening, an explosion took place very close to the embassy,” Ohad Nakash Kaynar, the deputy head of the Israeli diplomatic mission in New Delhi, said in a statement.
“All our employees are safe, all our diplomats are safe. Our security teams are working in close cooperation with local security forces in New Delhi, and they will conduct an investigation later,” he added.
Teju Chitri, a security guard at a nearby language institute, told the Press Trust of India that he heard the explosion, which occurred in a highly secure area of government and mission buildings. foreign diplomats. “I heard an explosion… I went out and saw smoke coming from near a tree,” the security guard said.
