Two injured in Srinagar grenade explosion

India's News.Net
Tuesday 13th January, 2009 (IANS)

Two civilians were injured here Tuesday when separatist guerrillas lobbed a grenade at a security bunker near the city centre of this Jammu and Kashmir summer capital.

Police said the grenade was hurled at a paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) bunker near the Batmaloo bus stand, one kilometre from the city centre Lal Chowk.

'The grenade exploded on the road injuring two civilian passers-by. The injured have been shifted to the hospital for treatment,' said a police official.

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