Five injured in Kashmir grenade blast

Baramulla, July 29 (UNI) At least five people were injured, one of them seriously, in a grenade blast in North Kashmir this evening, official sources said this evening.

The sources said militants hurled a hand grenade towards security forces at Hangal, Handwara, in the frontier district of Kupwara.

However, the grenade missed the target and exploded on the road side causing injuries to five people. The injured were admitted to hospital.

However, one of the critically wounded was referred to Srinagar hospital.

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