Date:22/10/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/10/22/stories/2008102250420100.htm

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Girl killed, another injured in grenade blast

Srinagar: A girl was killed and another injured in a grenade blast in Kupwara district on Tuesday, a police spokesman said. The Rabia Yousuf, 11, died on the spot when a grenade exploded at Bari Beri village of Sogam in north Kashmir in the afternoon.

Another girl, Maria Manzoor (10) was also critically injured . The blast took place when the victims, who found a grenade while playing, started fiddling with it. — PTI