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11 dead 76 injured in Delhi High Court bombing

11 dead 76 injured in Delhi High Court bombing New Delhi: Terror revisited the Indian capital Wednesday when a powerful explosion ripped through the workday bustle at the Delhi High Court, killing 11 people and injuring at least 76 in Indias third worst bombing since the November 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. According to Home Secretary R.K. Singh, the bomb was in a suitcase. "We have remains of the suitcase," he told reporters. Remains of the day that was to have been lay splattered all over the blast site - the fine spray of blood, tatters of what were till a few minutes ago litigants papers, deafening wails and disfigured men raising hysterical screams. There was hysteria, panic and dread. Some burst into tears, some were too stunned to cry. Some picked themselves t...