One killed, 8 others, including 5 CRPF men injured in Kashmir

Srinagar, Apr 24 (UNI) One person was killed and eight others, including five Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were injured in a grenade blast here today.

Official sources said militants hurled a hand grenade towards a CRPF vehicle near the shrine of Dastagir Sahib at Khanyar in the capital city in the afternoon.

They said a CRPF vehicle was damaged in the blast and nine others, including 5 CRPF personnel were wounded. Later one of the injured civilian died in the hospital.

A CRPF spokesman said militants hurled a hand grenade towards the ambulance of the CRPF causing injuries to four jawans.

The injured were hospitalised, he said.

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