Explosion rips through police station in India’s Kashmir, official says

-An explosion ripped through a police station in Srinagar city in India’s Kashmir late on Friday, a local police official said.

A fire engulfed the Nowgam police station compound and fire tenders have been rushed to the spot, the official said, adding that casualties were feared.

Indian media also reported a blast at the police station, with visuals of a raging fire.

The cause of the explosion was not immediately clear. It comes four days after a deadly car explosion in Delhi, India’s capital, that the government said was a terror incident. 

(Reporting by Fayaz Bukhari in Srinagar; Writing by Shivam Patel; Editing by Leslie Adler)