Six people including five paramilitary troopers and a civilian were wounded Friday in a grenade attack in India-controlled Kashmir, police said.
The grenade was lobbed by suspected militants on a paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) bunker around 11:45 a.m. local time in Sopore town, 50 kilometers northwest of Srinagar city, the summer capital of India-controlled Kashmir.
“Suspected militants hurled a grenade towards a CRPF bunker guarding a bank in Sopore. The grenade exploded with a bang and left five CRPF personnel and a civilian injured,” said police spokesman in Srinagar.
The injured people were rushed to the hospital for treatment.
Of the five injured paramilitary troopers, the condition of three was reported to be critical.
The incident created panic among the pedestrians and shopkeepers who were seeing fleeing away from the spot.
So far no militant group has claimed responsibility of the grenade attack in the town.
Militants in the region are engaged in a guerrilla war with the Indian army and paramilitary troops stationed in the region over the past two decades.