Four killed, 25 injured in Kashmir

Published February 14, 2005

SRINAGAR, Feb 13: Twenty-five people including an Indian soldier were injured Sunday when suspected Muslim rebels hurled a hand grenade at an army patrol in Kashmir, police said.

The attack happened at Shopian 50 kilometres south of Srinagar. "The injured have been rushed to various hospitals," a police spokesman said, adding three seriously injured were being shifted to Srinagar's main hospital.

Indian troops sealed off part of the town and launched a search. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. -AFP

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