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Two injured in grenade explosion in Srinagar

February 18, 2009 21:56 IST

Two persons were seriously wounded in a powerful hand grenade explosion in the Magarmal Bagh locality of Srinagar on Wednesday evening.
 
Police said militants lobbed a hand grenade at a paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force bunker near Magarmal chowk on Wednesday evening which exploded injuring two civilian bystanders.

"The injured were taken to hospital for treatment," a police officer said.
 
"The explosion site was surrounded and searched by the police and the CRPF," the officer informed, adding that, "No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack."

Mukhtar Ahmad In Srinagar