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Four BSF personnel injured in grenade attack
Four BSF personnel, two of them officers, were among ten people injured in a grenade attack by militants in a business hub in the heart of Srinagar on Saturday evening official sources said.
Four BSF personnel, two of them officers, were among ten people injured in a grenade attack by militants in a business hub in the heart of Srinagar on Saturday evening official sources said.
Militants hurled the grenade at the BSF picket at Hari Singh High Street at around 1900 hours wounding an inspector, an SI and two other jawans.
Six passers-by were also injured in the attack, the sources said, adding they were admitted to hospital. The attack took place when BSF was carrying out search and cordon operations in nearby Regal Chowk.
The explosion sparked panic in the area which was immediately sealed. Staff of Urdu weekly Chhatan alleged BSF personnel entered their office premises and physically assaulted them soon after the attack.
Bureau Report
Militants hurled the grenade at the BSF picket at Hari Singh High Street at around 1900 hours wounding an inspector, an SI and two other jawans.
Six passers-by were also injured in the attack, the sources said, adding they were admitted to hospital. The attack took place when BSF was carrying out search and cordon operations in nearby Regal Chowk.
The explosion sparked panic in the area which was immediately sealed. Staff of Urdu weekly Chhatan alleged BSF personnel entered their office premises and physically assaulted them soon after the attack.
Bureau Report