*Sopore (Jammu and Kashmir): In Yet another blast in Occupied Kashmir, atleast 15 people were hit.*
Fifteen people were injured in a grenade attack in Jammu and Kashmir’sSopore town on Monday, police said.
This comes two days after six security personnel were injured in a similarincident in Srinagar’s Karannagar area.
People were attacked while they were waiting at a bus stand. One of themhad to be taken to a Srinagar hospital in a critical state, news agency PTIquoted police as saying.Nobody has been arrested in this connection so far.
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Security personnel have been on high alert in Jammu and Kashmir ever sinceits special status under Article 370 was scrapped through a presidentialorder on August 5.
The state will be formally bifurcated into two union territories — Jammuand Kashmir and Ladakh — on October 31 in keeping with a related decision,and security personnel are bracing for heightened terror activity duringthe transitionary period.