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Eight injured in Kashmir grenade blast

Updated on: 29 July,2015 04:07 PM IST  | 
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Four troopers and four civilians were injured in a grenade explosion on Wednesday in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district, police said

Eight injured in Kashmir grenade blast

Srinagar: Four troopers and four civilians were injured in a grenade explosion on Wednesday in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district, police said.


"Militants hurled a grenade at a posse of CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force) troopers at K.P. Road. Two civilians and three troopers were injured in this grenade explosion," a police officer told IANS.


"The target appears to be the road opening party (ROP) of the CRPF," he added.


The injured were shifted to a hospital and the area has been cordoned-off for search operations.

No guerrilla group has so far owned up responsibility for the attack.

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