3 cops injured in grenade blast in Kashmir's Budgam

May 06, 2016 12:14

Three cops were wounded, one critically, in a powerful grenade blast in the central Kashmir town of Chadoora in Budgam district late Friday morning.

A senior police officer said militants lobbed a hand grenade at a police party near the main bus stand. "The grenade exploded injuring three cops. They were evacuated to hospital and the condition of one is critical," the officer said and added that the area has been cordoned off for searches, while reinforcements from security forces have been rushed there. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.

Mukhtar Ahmed in Srinagar/Rediff.com.

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