Srinagar, Dec 24: Four persons including a nine-year old girl were today injured when militants exploded a grenade in a busy market area in the heart of the city. Militants hurled the grenade on a moving vehicle of security personnel in Jehangir Chowk area around 4 PM but it missed the target and exploded on the road injuring four pedestrians, official sources said. Nine-year-old Zarak Mehraj, Ghulam Nabi, Mohammad Rafiq and Abdul Rashid were injured in the blast which triggered panic in the area. They were taken to hospital where their condition was stated to be stable, the sources said. The grenade attack was the third in as many days in the state. Yesterday six civilians and a BSF jawan were injured in a blast in Bandipora. On Monday militants exploded a grenade at Kulgam bus stand injuring 11 persons.
Bureau Report