At least 14 civilians were injured in two explosions at Indian Kashmir's busiest bus terminal on Monday. They said suspected Muslim rebels triggered a grenade explosion followed by a mine blast near the concrete bunker of India's Border Security Force (BSF) at the entrance to the bus terminal in the busy Batamaloo area of Srinagar. "Initial reports suggest that BSF did not suffer any casuality as all the men were inside the bunker," a BSF spokesman said, adding the troops immediately sealed off the area and launched a search for the attackers. Batamaloo is one of the busiest areas in Srinagar, housing the region's biggest transport terminal, catering for buses coming and going to towns and villages in both north and south Kashmir. The twin explosions caused panic in the area, which is just 200 metres from the civil secretariat, the highest seat of state administration. More than 38,000 people have died in Indian Kashmir since the eruption of anti-Indian rebellion in the region in 1989. Separatists put the toll twice as high.
| The usual pattern, isn't it? Peace talks -> Explosions. |
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