20 injured in north Kashmir blast, three critical

Srinagar, Aug 13 (UNI) At least 20 people were wounded, three of them critically, in a grenade blast at Bandipora, about 55 km from here, in north Kashmir this afternoon.

Official sources said unidentified militants hurled a hand grenade near crowded Nowpora chowk at Bandipora this afternoon.

It exploded on the roadside causing injuries to 20 people.

The injured were admitted to different hospitals, where the condition of three of them is stated to be critical.

UNI