Five policemen among 15 injured in Srinagar blast

Srinagar, May 22 (UNI) Five Jammu and Kashmir police personnel were among 15 injured in a militant attack in the down town city this afternoon.

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. The injured, including 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.

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