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One killed, 22 injured in Srinagar blast

SRINAGAR, NOV. 24. One person was killed and 22 injured, six seriously, when militants hurled a grenade on a security personnel vehicle which missed its target and exploded on the road in the Lal Chowk area in the heart of the city here today.

The injured, including three women, were admitted to the SMHS Hospital. One seriously injured identified as Yasir Rafiq later died of injuries, an official spokesman said.

Panic gripped the Ghantagarh area of Lal Chowk following the blast with people running helter-skelter and shopkeepers fleeing, abandoning their shops.

The BSF and police launched a hunt for the militants and were seen questioning pedestrians. But no arrests have been made so far.

Elsewhere, militants hurled a grenade inside the house of Samander Hussain in the Manjakote area of Rajouri district.

- PTI

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