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Up to 20 injured in two separate blasts in Indian-administered Kashmir
At least 20 people were injured Tuesday in two separate blasts in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir. While the first incident took place in Lolab in north Kashmir's Kupwara district, the second explosion occurred in south Kashmir's Tral town in Pulwama district, news agency Indo-Asian News Service reported from capital Srinagar.In the first blast, nine people in a Tata Sumo vehicle were injured when their vehicle hit a pre-planted improvised explosive device (IED), police said. In the second incident, at least 11 people - seven civilians and four paramilitary troopers - were wounded in Tral town Tuesday afternoon when terrorists lobbed a grenade at a paramilitary patrol. The injured have been shifted to the hospital. The entire area around the two explosion sites has been cordoned off by police and security forces, the news agency reported. Posted by: Fred 2006-04-26 |
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