14 cops injured in grenade attack in Srinagar

Militants hurled the grenade on a police party next to Ganjbaksh Park in Nowhatta area of Srinagar around 7.00 pm.

Srinagar: At least 14 police personnel were injured on Sunday in a grenade attack by militants in Nowhatta area of old Srinagar.

Militants hurled the grenade on a police party next to Ganjbaksh Park in Nowhatta area of the city at around 7.00 pm when the cops were withdrawing from there after day-long law and order duty, a police official said.

He said 14 policemen were injured in the grenade blast.

The injured cops were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.

The official said miscreants had engaged the cops by pelting stones on them in the same area.

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