Five hurt in occupied Kahsmir grenade attack

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Five civilians were hurt in a grenade attack by suspected militants in Indian occupied Kashmir.

26 October,2011 02:35 pm

The attack, the fifth in two days, took place in Bijbehara town, some 40 kilometres (25 miles) north of occupied Indian Kashmir summer capital of Srinagar.Suspected militants hurled a grenade at a police vehicle. It missed its target and hit the road injuring five civilians, a police spokesman said.He said the area was swiftly cordoned off and a search was launched to arrest those responsible for the attack.On Tuesday, in a sudden escalation of violence, suspected rebels carried out four attacks across the Muslim-majority Kashmir valley, injuring four policemen.