One injured in J&K grenade attack

A civilian was injured when militants hurled a grenade at an army vehicle on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on Monday, police said.

Mitants hurled a grenade at a passing army vehicle at Drangbal near Pampore town on the highway but missed, and it exploded on the road, injuring a civilian passer-by, a police officer said.

The injured man has been shifted to a hospital, the officer added.

--IANS

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