Grenade attack on CRPF patrol party; 9 injured in J&K

Srinagar, Oct 11: Nine persons, including two security force personnel, were injured today in a grenade attack on a CRPF patrol party in south Kashmir's Shopian district.

Militants hurled the grenade at the CRPF personnel in Shopian town at around 11.40 AM, resulting in injuries to seven civilians and two security personnel, a police official said.

He said the injured have been taken to Shopian district hospital even as security forces have launched a search operation to track down the militants.

PTI