Srinagar
Militants hurl grenade on security forces in Srinagar
Srinagar/UNI: Militants on Friday lobbed a grenade at a security force party in the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir, Srinagar.
Official sources said that unidentified militants hurled a grenade at Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) party in Chanapora area in uptown Srinagar this evening.
However, they said the grenade missed the target and exploded at a distance, adding no one was injured in the attack.
They said the militants managed to escape during the chaos created due to the blast.
“Additional security forces have been rushed to the area and a search operation has been launched to trace the attackers,” they said.
They said security forces have established checkpoints within 3 km radius from the attack site and the vehicles are being checked before allowing them to move forward.
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