BSF jawan injured in Kashmir grenade explosion

Baramulla, Sep 8 (UNI) A Border Security Force (BSF) personnel was wounded in a grenade blast at Sopore in this north Kashmir district today, official sources said.

The sources said militants hurled a hand grenade towards a BSF patrol party at Lalad village near Sopore at around 1530 hours.

The grenade exploded near the patrol party, causing injuries to a jawan of the BSF's 55 battalion, the sources said.

The area has been cordoned off and a search operation has been launched to nab the militants.

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