3 grenade attacks on security forces in J&K

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3 grenade attacks on security forces in J&K

Saturday, 19 January 2019 | Khursheed Wani | Srinagar

Militants lobbed three grenades on police and security forces in Srinagar and south Kashmir on Friday a day after three policemen were wounded in a similar attack in Rajbagh area of summer capital Srinagar. Jaish-e-Muhammad outfit claimed responsibility for the grenade blasts.  

There was no damage to life or property in the three blasts.

Security sources said that unidentified terrorists hurled hand grenade towards security personnel near Ghanta Ghar (Clock Tower), one of the main market places in Srinagar. They said the grenade exploded with damage to some vehicles and no one was hurt in the attack. Security forces launched search operation to nab the attackers.

Another hand grenade was lobbed towards a camp of Special Operations Group of Police in south Kashmir's Shopian area. The grenade exploded outside the camp and did not cause any damage.

Around the evening, another grenade was hurled at a police station in Kakapora in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. The explosive went off inside the police station compound but there was no damage.

A spokesperson of banned JeM outfit claimed responsibility for the attacks and said that several personnel of police and CRPF were injured.

The three grenades were hurled a day after three policemen including a junior officer were injured in a blast at Zero Bridge in Rajbagh area of capital Srinagar.

Security experts said that militants usually up the ante ahead of Republic Day in Kashmir.

Meanwhile, Police on Friday presented charge-sheet against seven accused persons allegedly involved in a case related to killing of a policeman guarding a senior separatist leader Fazlul Haq Qureshi’s house and snatching his service rifle last year in Soura pocket of Srinagar outskirts. Four of the accused persons Omar Noor Bhat, Waseem Ahmad Sofi, Adil Majeed Bhat and Obaid Altaf Zoji are currently lodged in Central Jail Srinagar.

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