IPS officer escapes grenade attack by militants

A senior police officer today had a narrow escape as a grenade hurled at his vehicle by militants missed the target in Sopore area of north Kashmir's Baramulla district.

"At about 5 pm, militants hurled a grenade towards the bulletproof bunker vehicle of SDPO, Sopore Ashish Mishra (IPS) near the railway bridge at Tarzoo in Sopore," a police official said.

He said the grenade missed the target and exploded on the roadside without causing any damage.
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Meanwhile, militants hurled another grenade on a vehicle of security forces at Model Town of Sopore area in north Kashmir' Baramulla district but it exploded on the roadside without causing any damage, a police official said.
 

This was the second grenade attack in the north Kashmir town within an hour, he added.