Militant killed and boy injured in Kashmir

Srinagar, Jul 22: A militant was killed by security forces while a boy injured in a grenade blast in the Kashmir valley, official sources said.

They said hte security forces killed the militant and injured another in an encounter at Harwan on the outskirts of the city late last night.

The encounter ensued after a search party was attacked by the militants, they said, adding one AK rifle and other arms and ammunition were recovered from the slain militant.

The boy was injured when a hand grenade he was fiddling with in his house at Charar-e-Sharief in the central Kashmir district of Badgam exploded. He was later hospitalised.

UNI