Grenade kills one in Kashmir

At least one person was killed and 17 wounded Monday in a grenade blast at a crowded market in Indian-administered Kashmir’s main city Srinagar, police and doctors said.

Kashmir has been on a knife-edge since August 5 when the Indian government moved to strip the region of its autonomy, imposed a lockdown, cut telecommunications and detained thousands.

Doctors at the main hospital said that the deceased was a resident of northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

‘Two people are critical,’ a doctor said.

Srinagar police chief Haseeb Mughal said that 18 people were injured out of whom one died at the hospital.

Kashmir is divided between India and its arch-foe Pakistan, and both claim it in full.

News Courtesy: www.newagebd.net