One dead, 25 hurt in IHK blast

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A suspected freedom fighter died and 25 by-standers were injured in Indian-held Kashmir.

22 March,2012 05:51 pm

Explosives that he was carrying in his car detonated by accident, police said.The blast occurred on a busy main road in the town of Bijbehara, 50 kilometres (30 miles) south of Srinagar, Kashmirs summer capital.The driver of the car was killed when explosives he was carrying in his car went off, a police officer who declined to be named told AFP.Several of the wounded were taken to hospital, one of whom was seriously injured, he said. --AFP