[Dawn] Suspected militants set off a powerful bomb blast Saturday in Indian-administered Kashmir killing three people and wounding at least seven others, police said.The explosives were packed in a car parked near the central jail in the main city of Srinagar and detonated by remote control as a police bus drove past, said senior police official Hemant Lohia.
Lohia said two policemen and a woman passer-by were killed instantly. Seven wounded people have been hospitalized. He described the condition of at least three of them as critical.
A Pakistan-based
Press Trust of India said a Jamiat-ul-Mujahideen spokesman had called news organizations in Srinagar to say it had set off the blast. However, there was no immediate independent confirmation of the group's claim.