Five injured, police station attacked in north Kashmir

Baramulla, Oct 23: Five persons were injured in a grenade blast while militants made an abortive bid to blow up police station in north Kashmir overnight, official sources said today.

Militants today hurled a hand grenade towards security forces at Sopore in this north Kashmir district. However, it missed the intended target and exploded on the roadside causing injuries to five civilians. The injured were admitted to hospital.

Militants fired a grenade towards police station Sopore last night which exploded on the roof causing minor damage to it.

However, no one was injured. The sound of the blast was heard in the entire main town causing panic among large number of people present in the market for Eid shopping. However, normalcy returned in the area after about an hour.

UNI