Authorities in India are investigating a deadly blast near a busy metro station in New Delhi. The explosion late Monday near the historic Red Fort killed at least eight people and injured several others.

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India's capital Delhi is blanketed in toxic smog every autumn, but the pollution is already so bad that it's drawn protests as authorities tell students to stay home.

A car blew up near the historic Red Fort in India's capital New Delhi, killing at least eight people, police said, adding that the cause remained unclear.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -At least eight people were killed in a car explosion on Monday near the historic Red Fort in a densely populated district of the Indian capital Delhi, a city police spokesperson said,

The move follows a weekend protest where police detained dozens of people demanding cleaner air, a rare public demonstration against pollution in the Indian capital.

Around 20 million people in India’s capital woke up on Wednesday breathing the most polluted air of any major city in the world, a day after celebrations for the Diwali festival, during which revelers typically set off fireworks and firecrackers.

At least eight people were killed in a car explosion on Monday near the historic Red Fort in a densely populated district of the Indian capital Delhi, a city police spokesperson said, though the exact cause of the blast is still being investigated.