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| 6 killed, top Muslim cleric among 40 wounded in Kashmir blast | | |
Srinagar, Nov 10
At least six people, including three teenaged
girls, were killed while a top Muslim cleric was among 40 others
wounded, some of them critically, in a grenade attack on a religious
congregation near a mosque in south Kashmir's Pulwama district
today, official sources said.
However, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said
about seven to eight people were killed and more than 35 others
wounded in the explosion while police put the figure of the dead at
five and the injured at 37 and suspected the involvement of
pro-Pakistan Hizbul Mujahideen in the attack.
The sources said at least six people were killed and about 40
others wounded, mostly children, when unidentified men hurled a hand
grenade at a religious congregation near the Jamia Masjid at Tahab
in Pulwama district, about 35 km from here, just before the Friday
prayers this afternoon.
The sources said thousands of people had gathered at the
congregation. The situation was tense in the area, but under
control, they added.
Police said Moulvi Abdul Rashid Dawoodi, a top Muslim cleric of
south Kashmir, was among those wounded in the grenade attack.
Police said suspected Hizb militants hurled a grenade towards the
Jamia Masjid at Tahab at around 1330 hrs when a large number of
people along with Moulvi Dawoodi were entering the mosque to offer
the Friday prayers.
The injured were rushed to various hospitals, where the condition
of many of them, including Moulvi Dawoodi, was stated to be
critical, police added. Some of the wounded have been rushed to
Srinagar hospitals in serious condition.
The entire area has been cordoned off to nab the attackers. No
militant outfit has claimed the responsibility for the attack.
Senior civil and police officials have rushed to the area to take
stock of the situation. |
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