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Six injured in grenade blast in Kashmir

By Mukhtar Ahmad
June 24, 2011 14:09 IST
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Six persons, including two women, a police head constable and three other civilians were injured on Friday afternoon in a powerful explosion in north Kashmir's Sopore town.

A senior police officer said militants hurled a powerful hand grenade inside the local police station in Sopore town, which exploded and wounded five civilians and a cop, who were inside the police station.

The injured were immediately taken to hospital for treatment. Security forces surrounded the area around to conduct a search.  

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