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Updates, it looks like a much larger multi-pronged terror attack was halted:

Delhi Blast Live: Amit Shah reviews Red Fort terror blast probe in meeting with NSA, top officials

Delhi Red Fort Blast Live Updates: A powerful explosion ripped through a Hyundai i20 near Delhi’s Red Fort Metro Station at around 6.50 pm on Monday, killing 13 people and injuring 20 others. The explosion took place in a slow-moving car that had stopped at a red light just outside the Red Fort...

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‘Clearly a terror attack’: Marco Rubio praises India’s handling of Delhi blast — adds ‘they don’t need our help’ - The Times of India

US News: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio condemned the Delhi bomb blast as a \"clearly a terrorist attack\" and expressed solidarity with India. Following a me

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So,who was it?

 

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So,who was it?

Seems to be a terror cell of radicalised Kashmiris (with links to Jaish-E-Muhammad and Al Qaeda/IS and any related handlers/intermediaries/cells in other countries).

Two were picked up in the earlier Faridabad raid and related arrests (that got this last guy to apparently panic and move the explosive material that seems to have accidentally detonated, but the travel pattern of his car is erratic too, so its all just current working theory till more evidence is established):

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/faridabad-explosives-no-one-suspects-doctors-the-terror-plot-behind-faridabad-explosives-haul-9608726

Delhi Red Fort blast: Police detain multiple suspects after car explosion leaves 9 dead

Authorities in restive Himalayan region of Kashmir detain at least five individuals

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One apparently left to Afghanistan a couple months back:

ThePrint Exclusive: Weeks before Delhi blast, key Kashmir terror module member fled to Afghanistan

Muzaffar Ahmad Rather, older brother of Adeel Ahmad Rather, who is in police custody, left before cops busted what could have been biggest terror attack in India since 1993.

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A lot of people "around them" have been detained and are being questioned.

It is ongoing investigation, so we will have to wait for more time for concrete analysis to form.