Blast kills 4 in Srinagar

By Shujaat Bukhari

SRINAGAR, JUNE 4. At least four civilians were killed and 14 others injured in a powerful grenade blast in Batamaloo area here while a commandant of the Border Security Force was killed in a militant ambush in south Kashmir.

Unidentified militants hurled a grenade at a security force picket in Batamaloo area today morning. It, however, missed the target and exploded among a crowd of people in the market killing four persons, including two women, on the spot. Three of the dead were identified as Mohammad Yousuf, Jana and Ghulam Mohiuddin.

Police said 14 other civilians, who sustained injuries, were admitted to hospital. The condition of some of them was stated to be critical. Life came to a grinding halt in the area and shopkeepers downed their shutters.

No militant outfit has claimed responsibility for the attack. In two other incidents, militants hurled grenades in Pather Masjid and Zaina Kadal area which exploded on the road injuring three persons.

In Anantnag, an officiating commandant of 41 battalion, BSF, Mr. R.S. Ahlawat, was killed in Ichoo Gadol near Kokernag when militants ambushed his vehicle during the preceding night. Security forces launched a massive operation to flush out the militants.

A junior engineer, Abdur Rashid Bhat, was shot dead in Janglat Mandi area of Anantnag while two militants were killed in encounters in Poonch and Doda, police said.

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