Grenade blast in India controlled Kashmir kills 5
2008-07-24 13:35:21 GMT 2008-07-24 21:35:21 (Beijing Time) Xinhua English
Kashmiris hold a female relative of a person injured in a grenade attack in Srinagar July 24, 2008. Five people, including two children and a woman, were killed on Thursday when suspected Muslim separatist militants threw a grenade at a crowded bus terminal in Indian Kashmir's main city, police said.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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NEW DELHI, July 24 (Xinhua) -- Five people, including three children, were killed and at least 20 others injured in a grenade blast in India controlled Kashmir district on Thursday, NDTV cited the police as saying.
Unidentified persons hurled a grenade on a bus when a group people were boarding the bus in city Srinagar, the police said.
Three children died on the spot, police said, adding the injured have been admitted to a hospital.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack so far.
On July 19, seven were killed and 20 wounded in a powerful blast triggered by suspected militants targeting an Indian Army vehicle on a highway in Srinagar.
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