SRINAGAR, India - Five people were killed and at least 50 wounded on Friday, including women and children, when a grenade was hurled at worshippers in a crowded mosque in restive Indian Kashmir, police said. “Two men and three women have died and at least 50 were wounded, some seriously,” police officer Imtiaz Ahmed said in Srinagar, capital of Indian Kashmir, where an Islamic revolt has raged against New Delhi’s rule since 1989.The attack took place in southern Pulwama district’s Tahab village, some 40 kilometers (25 miles) south of Srinagar. “The mosque and its surroundings were full of worshippers when the grenade was hurled,” Ahmed said.
Police said it was not immediately known who carried out the attack. But the region has been rocked by a series of grenade attacks by separatist militants in recent months.
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“This is a clear act of terrorism. We condemn it. Whoever has done this can never be a friend of Kashmiris,” said leading Kashmiri political separatist Javed Mir.