10 killed in held Kashmir

Published April 11, 2005

SRINAGAR, April 10: Ten people were killed and 20 injured on Sunday in a grenade attack and in clashes between Mujahideen and soldiers and police in occupied Kashmir, police said. Two civilians died and 20 were injured when militants hurled a hand grenade at a security patrol. It missed the target and exploded among pedestrians in the southern township of Shopian, 50 kilometers from Srinagar, a police spokesman said.

Four of the injured were in critical condition.

It was the first grenade attack in occupied Kashmir since the launch of bus service between the two zones of Kashmir.

Four Kashmiri groups had threatened to attack the people taking the bus.—AFP

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