10 civilians injured in Shopian blast
Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
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SRINAGAR, Aug 13: Ahead of the Independence Day of August 15, as many as ten civilians have sustained injuries in a mysterious low intensity blast outside a mosque in Trenz village of Shopian in South Kashmir on Thursday.
Superintendent of Police Altaf Khan told STATE TIMES that the people coming out of the mosque after performing the routine morning prayers spotted a steel tumbler upside down across on the road. As soon as someone picked up the glass, an explosive device went off causing injuries to ten persons.
The injured were immediately evacuated to the local hospital wherefrom four persons with serious injuries were referred to SMHS Hospital, Srinagar. "All the 10 persons are stable as most of them have been discharged from the hospital", SP Shopian said.
Official sources added that ballistic experts collected the samples and the same were under the process of analysis. "It appears that a low intensity explosive device had been planted with an intention to create fear but not fatal casualties", said a source. "However, around the same time, family members of the local Hizbul Mujahideen commander Waseem Ahmed Malla reported from their adjoining village of Pahlipora that a grenade-like substance had beeb laid on their verandah. Police rushed to the spot and defused the grenade", he said.
With nobody claiming responsibility, Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin in a statement blamed the Indian agencies for the twin incidents in Shopian area. He claimed that the security agencies had got "unnerved" with the increasing militant attacks and such machinations were being employed to sully the image of the militants.
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Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
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SRINAGAR, Aug 13: Ahead of the Independence Day of August 15, as many as ten civilians have sustained injuries in a mysterious low intensity blast outside a mosque in Trenz village of Shopian in South Kashmir on Thursday.
Superintendent of Police Altaf Khan told STATE TIMES that the people coming out of the mosque after performing the routine morning prayers spotted a steel tumbler upside down across on the road. As soon as someone picked up the glass, an explosive device went off causing injuries to ten persons.
The injured were immediately evacuated to the local hospital wherefrom four persons with serious injuries were referred to SMHS Hospital, Srinagar. "All the 10 persons are stable as most of them have been discharged from the hospital", SP Shopian said.
Official sources added that ballistic experts collected the samples and the same were under the process of analysis. "It appears that a low intensity explosive device had been planted with an intention to create fear but not fatal casualties", said a source. "However, around the same time, family members of the local Hizbul Mujahideen commander Waseem Ahmed Malla reported from their adjoining village of Pahlipora that a grenade-like substance had beeb laid on their verandah. Police rushed to the spot and defused the grenade", he said.
With nobody claiming responsibility, Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin in a statement blamed the Indian agencies for the twin incidents in Shopian area. He claimed that the security agencies had got "unnerved" with the increasing militant attacks and such machinations were being employed to sully the image of the militants.
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