At least 1 dead in New Dehli bombing

At least one person has been killed and 15 people injured when an explosion ripped through a market in India's capital New Delhi…

At least one person has been killed and 15 people injured when an explosion ripped through a market in India's capital New Delhi today, according to police.

"We heard one boy was killed," said Rajan Bhagat, a spokesman of Delhi Police said. "There are no other details now."

TV stations said the blast was of a low intensity and occurred in a flower market in a south Delhi neighbourhood. It was not clear what caused the blast.

The explosion comes days after a series of bombs in the capital that killed 23 people and wounded more than 100 others.

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