Death Toll Rising in India Blast

At least 11 people were killed Wednesday after a bomb inside a briefcase exploded outside the Delhi High Court, India’s home minister told lawmakers.

The home minister’s website said another 76 people were injured.

The blast took place about 10:15 a.m., after the court opened and shortly before cases usually begin.

The bomb exploded near a line of more than 100 people waiting at a reception counter to get passes for entry to the court building to have their cases heard.

People ran to the blast site to help the injured, piling them into auto-rickshaws to take them to the hospital.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility.

Suspicion for the Mumbai attacks fell on the shadowy extremist network known as the Indian Mujahedeen, though no one has been arrested.