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At least three policemen were injured in a hand grenade blast that occurred near Bilitang police station of Kohat district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, media reports said citing police officials
Several civilians were injured in a grenade blast by terrorists in Srinagar on Sunday.According to Srinagar Police, the incident occurred at Nishat area where terrorists hurled grenade causing a low-intensity blast. Several people received minor injuries. All were given first aid and discharged from the hospital.Police have registered a case and the hunt is underway to nab the terrorists.Meanwhile, Jammu and Kashmir Police on Sunday said they averted a major terror incident by recovering an improvised explosive device (IED) weighing about 10-12 kilograms in Pulwama district.The IED was recovered by security forces in the Beihgund area of Tral in the south Kashmir district."On a specific input of police, an IED, approx 10-12 kg has been recovered in Beihgund area of Tral. Police and Army are on the job to destroy it. A major terror incident was averted," Kashmir Zone Police tweeted.
Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in the Kutpora area of Shopian on Tuesday night following information about the presence of militants there
At least one person was killed and 11 others were injured in Quetta after a grenade exploded, media reports said, citing police
Two army officers were killed in an accidental grenade blast along the Line of Control in the Mendhar sector of Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch, Defence Public Relations Office informed on Monday
A day ahead of Republic Day celebrations, militants on Tuesday hurled a grenade towards security personnel on the busy Hari Singh High Street area of the city but there was no damage, officials said.
A grenade blast occurred outside a gate of the Army cantonment here, prompting authorities to sound an alert, police said on Monday.
In a hand-grenade explosion that occurred near a seminary in the Kharotabad area on Thursday, three teenage boys died and two others suffered injuries
This was the second grenade attack in the valley since the abrogation of Jammu and Kashmir's special status on August 5
According to the official, the explosion also damaged windows of a vehicle parked nearby.
The site of the explosion is at the heart of the city and next to the Shraddhanjali Kanan park