17 people injured in J&K grenade attack

The victims were rushed to a nearby hospital and the condition of five of them is serious.

At least 17 people were injured, five of them seriously, in a grenade blast carried out by terrorists at a crowded bus stand in famous hill resort of Pahalgam in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir.

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The terrorists hurled the grenade at the bus stand, 100 kms from in south Kashmir, injuring 17 people. The victims were rushed to a nearby hospital and the condition of five of them is serious, official sources said.

It was not known whether the injured persons included some tourists, they said.