Grenade attack on security forces in Lal Chowk area of Srinagar, 10 injured
A civilian was killed and 13 others were injured after terrorists hurled a grenade on security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar on Monday. The incident was reported from Hari Singh High Street in Lal Chowk area in Srinagar.
According to news agency ANI, the grenade attack was reported at a busy market on Maulana Azad Road in Srinagar. The attack took place at 1:20 pm in Hari Singh High Street market area.
While one person died in the attack, 13 others were injured, two of them critically, they said. The security forces have cordoned off the area and a hunt has been launched for the terrorists.
Nine people have been admitted to hospital, with two in a critical condition, officials said, adding the number of injured could rise.
"The injured, most of them civilians, have been shifted to hospital for treatment as the area has been cordoned off for searches," police said. Footage on television showed a large security presence as the place was being sanitised.
Monday's militants' attack came when markets were open and traffic was moving normally in the civil lines area of the Srinagar city.
After nearly three months public transport was also visible in the Civil Lines and the Srinagar city outskirts. Public transport in these areas had remained suspended for nearly 90 days.
The attack came on a day when normal life had started to get back to normal after a hiatus of nearly three months following the abrogation of Article 370 on August 6.
This is the second grenade attack in Srinagar within 15 days. At least 20 people were injured when militants lobbed a grenade at a bus stand near a busy market in Sopore town of north Kashmir.
The security forces were targeted by terrorists in Srinagar's Karan Nagar during Naka duty. A grenade was lobbed at Karan Nagar Police Station followed by firing.
