Seven injured in Kashmir grenade attacks

SRINAGAR: Seven people, including four paramilitary troopers, were injured in two powerful grenade attacks in north Kashmir's Bandipore district on Saturday.

A senior police official said here that an unidentified guerrilla tossed two hand grenades at a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) patrol party near village Badyari in the district, 58 km from here.

The militant managed escape in the melee, he said.

No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.

Two troopers were killed and eight wounded in a guerrilla ambush near Sopore town in north Kashmir on Friday.