7 policemen among 18 injured in Srinagar blast

Srinagar, May 22 (UNI) Seven Jammu and Kashmir police personnel were among 18 people injured in two hand grenade attacks by militants in the down town city this afternoon.

Official sources said militants hurled a hand grenade towards security forces at Baba Dawood Khaki bridge in the down town under police station Khanyar this afternoon.

Two police personnel and a civilian were injured in the blast, they said adding the injured were hospitalised.

Official sources said militants this afternoon hurled a hand grenade towards a flying squad vehicle at Rainawari in the down town city.

The grenade exploded on the roadside causing injuries to 15 people, including five policemen. The injured, which includes two women and a two-year-old child were admitted to different hospitals, sources said.

This was the first attack by militants in the city after two fidayeen in police uniform resorted to indiscriminate firing during a Congress rally at Sher-e-Kashmir Municipal Park near here yesterday in which seven people were killed and scores, including two senior police officers, wounded.

Meanwhile, Pakistan based militant outfit Jaish-e-Muhammad has taken the responsibility of both the grenade attacks.

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