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A new video of the Delhi Red Fort blast surfaced on social media late Wednesday. The CCTV footage shows a brief moment of calm before a blinding flash fills the computer screen on which the video was played.

Earlier, a CCTV footage had already captured the exact moment when the high-intensity blast took place near the Red Fort, Delhi, killing 13 people and injuring 20.

The video, released by news agency PTI, shows the screen lighting up with a huge fireball exactly at 6:50 pm on 10 November.

The blast from a slow-moving car ripped through the Red Fort metro station area on Monday evening (10 November), sending shockwaves across the nation. The explosion was linked to a “white-collar terror module” busted in Faridabad just hours before the massive explosion.

Delhi blast a 'terrorist attack'

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday (local time) that the blast, which took place in Delhi on Monday evening, was 'clearly' a 'terrorist attack'. He praised the country's professionalism in handling the investigation.

Marco Rubio made the remarks while responding to a media query on India declaring the blast in Delhi on Monday as a "terror incident".

"The Indians need to be commended. They've been very measured, cautious and very professional on how they're carrying out this investigation. That investigation continues. It clearly was a terrorist attack. It was a car loaded with highly explosive materials that detonated and killed a lot of people," Rubio said.

He said, "I think they are doing a very good job of carrying out an investigation, and I think when they'll have facts, they'll release those facts."

Marco Rubio said he spoke with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar about the blast. Rubio said that while the US offered to help, India is "very capable" of handling the investigation and doesn't need help.

"We are aware of the potential it has and we spoke a little about it today- the potential it has to become something broader. We are going to await to see what the investigation reveals. We have offered to help, but I think they are very capable on these investigations. They don't need our help, and they are doing a good job", he said.

Jaishankar and Rubio met on the sidelines of the G7 Foreign Ministers' Meet in Niagara, Canada. During their discussion, Rubio expressed condolences for the lives lost in the recent Delhi blast. The meeting also covered bilateral ties along with global developments.

‘White-collar terror network’

Following the blast near the iconic Red Fort, a link to a "white-collar terror network" has surfaced in the preliminary investigation, with the probe agencies finding links of the terror incident with Pakistan-based outfits Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) and Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (AGH).

The network, which allegedly involved doctors and clerics, was dismantled following a series of coordinated operations between 19 October and 10 November, resulting in the recovery of 2,921 kilograms of explosives and many arrests.

On Wednesday, the Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, expressed its grief over the loss of lives in the terrorist incident involving a car explosion near the Red Fort in Delhi on Monday evening.

(With inputs from agencies)