JAMMU: Occupied Jammu blast suspect arrested, turned out to be a localKashmiri youth, Indian media has revealed.
At least 28 persons were injured in a powerful grenade attack inside a busat Jammu’s bus stand on Thursday morning.
The injured have been rushed to Jammu’s Government Medical College andHospital. Three persons are reportedly in serious condition.
The entire area has been cordoned. State police and Central Reserve PoliceForce (CRPF) personnel are at the site of the explosion.
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One suspect, a resident of south Kashmir, has been arrested by police,sources told *Zee Media*.
“This is a grenade attack. Eighteen people are injured,” confirmed MKSinha, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Jammu.
The grenade reportedly went off under the bus, resulting in the shrapnelbeing contained to a smaller area, said the police.
“It seems that the grenade was brought from outside and rolled under thebus. It has caused injuries to approximately 18 people, all shifted tohospital,” added Sinha.