At leastu00a0eleven people have been killed andu00a0several injured when a powerful bomb hidden in a suitcase exploded outside the Delhi High Court Wednesday morning at its peak hour. This is the third major bombing in India since the 2008 Mumbai attack.

The suitcase bomb went off around 10.30 a.m. just outside Gate No 5 of the complex near India Gate in central Delhi where passes are issued for the hundreds of litigants, media personnel and other visitors to the court.


Security personnel at theu00a0site.u00a0AFP Photo: Prakash Singh

According to Home Secretary R.K. Singh, the bomb was in a suitcase. "We have remains of the suitcase," he told reporters.