Eight civilians injured in Pulwama grenade blast

Eight civilians were injured after suspected militants lobbed a grenade at a police station in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Tuesday.

Suspected militantshurled a grenade towards police station Pulwama which exploded on the roadside,news agency GNS reported.

   

In the explosion, eight pedestrians were injured and were immediately evacuated to a nearby hospital for treatment.

Among the injured, twocritically wounded were referred to Srinagar hospital for specializedtreatment, said the report.

Following the blast, the security forces launched a hunt to nab the attackers.

However, a police spokesman, in a statement, said that only two civilians were injured in the blast.

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