India: Militants Strike for the Second Day in Kashmir, Five Injured

SRINAGAR (NNN-PTI) -- A day after multiple terror strikes against security personnel in Kashmir, suspected militants on Wednesday carried out another grenade attack in a busy market place in Anantnag apparently targeting a police vehicle, leaving five civilians injured.

Unidentified militants hurled a grenade at Goriwan market in Bijbehara town, on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway, around 1340 hrs, a police spokesman said.

He said the grenade exploded outside a shop resulting in injuries to five civilians.

Official sources said a passing police vehicle was apparently the target of the attack but the grenade missed the vehicle.

The grenade attack comes a day after a series of similar attacks targeting security forces were carried out in Srinagar and south Kashmir’s Shopian district.

No militant outfit has so far claimed responsibility for the latest attack, which sparked panic among people in the highway town.

Police assisted by paramilitary forces immediately cordoned off the spot but no one has been arrested so far, sources said. The injured were rushed to a hospital. -- NNN-PTI