Five policemen, civilian injured in Srinagar
grenade attack
Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
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SRINAGAR, Aug 12: About a dozen Police officers had a narrow escape when suspected militants tossed a hand grenade outside a key Police establishment and left 6 persons injured on Wednesday in this capital city.
Senior Police officials told STATE TIMES that someone from an unidentified spot lobbed a hand grenade towards a concentration of Police officers in front of the office of Superintendent of Police (North) at Khanyar at 8.35 pm. However, it fell short of the intended target and exploded on the road, causing injuries to six persons.
Those injured in the blast included an Assistant Sub Inspector of Police, four constables of J&K Police and one constable of CRPF. Sources said that all the six were treated at the nearby Gausiya Hospital and later discharged.
According to the official sources, the grenade attack came from a suspected militant after a meeting of Sub Divisional Police Officers (SDPOs) and Station House Officers (SHOs) of the North City circle concluded and almost all the participant officers were on the road outside the venue. According to a local news agency, militant group 'Tehreek-ul-Mujahideen' has claimed responsibility for the grenade attack.
After a long pause of calm, suspected militants had earlier carried out a chain of five grenade attacks in the summer capital on July 24. However, only one person had got injured that day.
Separatist hardliner Syed Ali Shah Geelani had called for a protest shutdown in Pulwama district on Wednesday. Reports said that around 5,000 people attended the slain militants' funeral while as over 4,000 people participated in the Namaaz-e-Janazah of the civilian at Padgampora. Clashes between the residents and Police were reported from six villages. Government has ordered an inquiry into the circumstances that led to the civilian's death in the shootout.
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Ahmed Ali Fayyaz
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SRINAGAR, Aug 12: About a dozen Police officers had a narrow escape when suspected militants tossed a hand grenade outside a key Police establishment and left 6 persons injured on Wednesday in this capital city.
Senior Police officials told STATE TIMES that someone from an unidentified spot lobbed a hand grenade towards a concentration of Police officers in front of the office of Superintendent of Police (North) at Khanyar at 8.35 pm. However, it fell short of the intended target and exploded on the road, causing injuries to six persons.
Those injured in the blast included an Assistant Sub Inspector of Police, four constables of J&K Police and one constable of CRPF. Sources said that all the six were treated at the nearby Gausiya Hospital and later discharged.
According to the official sources, the grenade attack came from a suspected militant after a meeting of Sub Divisional Police Officers (SDPOs) and Station House Officers (SHOs) of the North City circle concluded and almost all the participant officers were on the road outside the venue. According to a local news agency, militant group 'Tehreek-ul-Mujahideen' has claimed responsibility for the grenade attack.
After a long pause of calm, suspected militants had earlier carried out a chain of five grenade attacks in the summer capital on July 24. However, only one person had got injured that day.
SHUTDOWN IN PULWAMA
Meanwhile, parts of Pulwama and Awantipore
Police districts observed complete shutdown on Wednesday to protest the killing
of a civilian, Bilal Ahmad Bhat, in BSF's firing on Tuesday evening. Padgampora
village, close to the Indian Air Force base of Awantipora had witnessed a clash
when a group of the residents resorted to anti-India slogans and stone pelting
on BSF in the aftermath of an Army operation in which two local militants of
Lashkar-e-Tayyiba were killed with the help of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
(UAV). Separatist hardliner Syed Ali Shah Geelani had called for a protest shutdown in Pulwama district on Wednesday. Reports said that around 5,000 people attended the slain militants' funeral while as over 4,000 people participated in the Namaaz-e-Janazah of the civilian at Padgampora. Clashes between the residents and Police were reported from six villages. Government has ordered an inquiry into the circumstances that led to the civilian's death in the shootout.
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