Three including trooper sustain injuries in Sopore grenade attack

SOPORE — Three persons including a trooper sustained minor injuries after militants lobbed a grenade at a security bunker in north Kashmir’s Sopore town today.

Police sources said that militants tossed a grenade towards a CRPF bunker that missed the target and exploded on the road.

They said three persons including a trooper sustained minor injuries who all were discharged after receiving first aid from a hospital.

The injured were identified as Abdul Rashid Dar of Watlub Sopore, Ghulam Muhammad Lone of Baghi-e-Sana Sopore and Head Constable CRPF Kartik Kumar.

Searches were conducted after the attack, however, no arrests were made.