CRPF bunkers attacked in Srinagar, no damage

Srinagar, June 8 (UNI) Militants today attacked two roadside bunker of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in the city with hand grenades.

However, the grenade did not explode and were later defused without causing any damage, official sources said.

They said militants hurled a hand grenade towards a CRPF bunker at Bombdamb in the down town city today. However, it did not explode and was later defused by the bomb disposal squad.

Panic gripped the historic Lal Chowk area, the nerve centre of the summer capital, when militants threw a hand grenade towards a CRPF bunker.

However, the grenade did not explode. Traffic on the busy route was suspended for some time and people present in the area ran for safety.

Normalcy returned in the area after bomb disposal squad defused the grenade.

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