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Srinagar, August 5: Nine persons were injured as militants carried out two grenade attacks, including one aimed at a CRPF camp, in Kashmir valley, police said.
All the nine civilians were injured in the grenade attack carried out by militants at Southern Awantipora town, 30 km from Srinagar, on Srinagar-Jammu national highway this morning, a police spokesman said.
The militants tossed a grenade towards a moving security vehicle but it missed the intended target and exploded on the road causing injuries to nine pedestrians.
The injured were shifted to hospital where condition of two of them was stated to be serious.
The militants fled the scene taking advantage of panic which followed the blast.
Police has registered a case and a hunt has been launched to nab the militants, the spokesman said.
In another incident, the militants hurled a grenade towards a sentry post of company headquarters of 179th battalion of CRPF in Sopore town in Baramulla district.
The grenade exploded in the air without causing any harm, the spokesman said adding the grenade attack on the CRPF camp was carried out by militants at around 11 pm last night.
No militant outfit has so far claimed responsibility for the two grenade attacks.
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