Grenade attacks in Jammu and Srinagar, two cops and a civilian injured

In a separate incident, terrorists hurled a grenade near a CRPF camp in Srinagar's Nawakadal area. No one was injured, but some vehicles were damaged.

Two policemen and a civilian were injured on Thursday evening after suspected terrorists lobbed a grenade at a bus stand at Jammu's BC Road, said reports.

"Sound of blast was heard during patrolling. Subsequently we came to know that 2 police personnel have been injured. Both of them are undergoing treatment. We are analysing and investigating the case," Vivek Gupta, SSP Jammu, told the media.

In a separate incident, terrorists hurled a grenade near a CRPF camp in Srinagar's Nawakadal area. No one was injured, but some vehicles were damaged.

On May 7, one CRPF personnel was injured after terrorists hurled a grenade at Tahab Chowk in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district. The grenade was lobbed at police and CRPF personnel who were deployed at Tahab Chowk to maintain law and order.

On May 4, terrorists hurled a grenade at a police station in Pulwama. The grenade exploded outside the police station and no one was injured in the incident.

On April 12, terrorists had lobbed a grenade at a police station in Pulwama in which two policemen were left injured. Following the incident, the security forces cordoned off the area and launched a hunt to nab the attackers.

Jammu and Kashmir witnessed 166 per cent more civilian fatalities due to militancy while there was a 42 per cent rise in the number of terrorists neutralised in 2017 compared to the previous year, the Home Ministry said in April. The annual report of the Ministry of Home Affairs for 2017-18, released in April, said that since the advent of militancy in Jammu and Kashmir in 1990, a total of 13,976 civilians and 5,123 security personnel have lost their lives till December 31, 2017. In 2017, there were 342 violent incidents in Jammu and Kashmir in which 80 security personnel, 40 civilians and 213 terrorists were killed.