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Nowhatta: Constable killed in grenade attack by terrorists

April 02, 2017 21:50 IST

A police constable was killed and 15 other security personnel were injured in a grenade attack by the terrorists in Nowhatta area of Srinagar on Sunday.

Terrorists hurled the grenade on a police party next to Ganjbaksh Park in Nowhatta area at around 7 pm when they were withdrawing from there after day long law and order duty, a police official said.

He said 16 security personnel were injured in the grenade blast. One of them, police constable Shamin Ahmed, succumbed to injuries later.

Two Central Reserve Police Force personnel were also among the injured.

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

IMAGE: An injured security personnel being shifted to hospital in Srinagar on Sunday. Photograph: Umar Ganie/Rediff.com

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