Blast reported in Indian Occupied Kashmir: Media Report
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SEINAGAR - A Blast has been reported in Indian Occupied Kahsmir reportedly from the grenade attack.
A grenade blast was reported in Kashmir's southern city of Anantnag that has injured 10 people, including a traffic policeman and a journalist, police says to ANI and on Twitter.
This is reported to be the first grenade attack against Indian government officials in Occupied Kashmir following the military lockdown.
Many people in Kashmir have been seething since India stripped its portion of the Muslim-majority region of autonomy on August 5, shutting off phone networks and imposing curfew-like restrictions in some areas to dampen discontent.
Some of those curbs have been slowly relaxed, but mobile and internet communications in the Kashmir valley are largely still blocked.
The blast took place near a government office, a police official told Reuters on condition of anonymity, because he was not authorized to speak to media.
If confirmed, that would appear to mark the first attack near a government office since India's crackdown on the region. India's home ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
