Police in New Delhi have detained four men from a remote area in northern India and brought them to the Indian capital over a bomb blast outside the Israeli Embassy earlier this year, officials said Thursday.
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The January 29 explosion occurred as Israel marked the anniversary of its establishment of diplomatic relations with India.
No injuries were reported but the windows of three cars were blown out in what officials in Jerusalem called a terrorist attack.
"In a joint operation with a central intelligence agency and Kargil Police, the special cell of Delhi Police has detained four persons from Kargil in connection with conspiracy to plan and execute terror activities in the national capital," Delhi Police said in a statement.
"They have been taken on remand and brought to Delhi for questioning," the statement said.
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Police added that the men, aged between 25 and 28, are from the village of Thang in India's Kargil district, located in the Himalayan territory of Ladakh.
The four suspects are students and are suspected of involvement in the blast outside the embassy, local media reported.
At the time, the Indian Express cited a police source as saying that the bomb appeared to have been planted in a flowerpot on the road divider.
A letter found on the scene was addressed "To Israel Embassy ambassador," containing various threats and saying that the blast was a "trailer," suggesting it was a prelude to a future attack against the embassy or other Israeli targets in the country.
According to the report, the note also referenced "Iranian martyrs" Qassem Soleimani, Iran's Quds Force commander killed in a US drone strike in Iraq on Jan. 3, 2020, and Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, head of the Iranian military nuclear program, was assassinated near Tehran on Nov. 27, in a hit for which Iran has blamed Israel.
This article was first published by i24NEWS.
