Omar Abdullah escapes attack

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SRINAGAR, July 9: Omar Abdullah, the head of Kashmir’s main opposition party, escaped unhurt on Monday when suspected separatist militants lobbed a grenade as he went inside a colleague’s house, a party official said.

The grenade exploded outside the house of an activist of Mr Abdullah’s pro-India National Conference party, wounding four policemen and a civilian, said party spokesman Nasir Sogami. Omar Abdullah is safe, he said.

Mr Abdullah is the grandson of Kashmir’s first prime minister and son of a former chief minister.

No militant group has claimed responsibility for Monday’s attack.—Reuters

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