7 injured in grenade attack by militants in Srinagar market

SRINAGAR: Seven people were injured in a grenade attack by suspected militants in a market area in Jammu and Kashmirs summer capital Srinagar on Saturday police said

Updated At : 09:09 PM Oct 12, 2019 IST

Police personnel inspect the site of the blast after a grenade was allegedly hurled by suspected militants at Hari Singh High Street, in Srinagar on Saturday, October 12, 2019. PTI

Srinagar, October 12

Seven people were injured in a grenade attack by suspected militants in a market area in Jammu and Kashmir’s summer capital Srinagar on Saturday, police said.

Militants hurled a grenade in Hari Singh High Street market area—a few hundred metres from the city centre Lal Chowk—this afternoon, a police official said.

The grenade exploded on a roadside in the market, injuring seven people, he said, adding that the wounded were rushed to a hospital here.

According to the official, the explosion also damaged windows of a vehicle parked nearby.

He said the shops in the market were shut but a few vendors had set up stalls in the area. — PTI

7 injured in grenade attack by militants in Srinagar market

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