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Second Kashmir attack targets army
From Journalist Mukhtar Ahmad
SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir (CNN) -- A massive explosion has shaken the heart of Srinagar, leaving three Indian soldiers wounded. The explosion Thursday morning was the result of a bomb tied to a bicycle and left on the side of a road, police said. The unusual morning attack happened around 7:30 a.m. (1 a.m. GMT) near a school in the upmarket neighborhood of Rajbagh. Authorities said they believe the target was a convoy of Indian army vehicles. The explosion damaged one of the vehicles and wounded three soldiers, one of them seriously. Security forces surrounded the area and were searching houseboats on the Jhelum River, which flows through Srinagar, for any more devices and suspects. Thursday's bombing followed an attack Wednesday that also targeted Indian forces. At least 27 civilians were hurt when a hand grenade was thrown at a vehicle carrying a Border Security contingent in the center of Pulwama, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) south of Srinagar, police said. The grenade missed its target and exploded near the civilians, injuring some of them seriously. Authorities blamed Islamic militants for the incident, but there were no immediate claims of responsibility. Cease-fire overJammu and Kashmir state, the Indian-administered jurisdiction in the disputed territory of Kashmir, had been free of major terror-related incidents since the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Last week, Lashkar-e-Toiba, a hard-line separatist group in Kashmir, called a cease-fire to coincide with the end of the holy period. The cease-fire was announced Thursday and ended Sunday. Kashmir has been a focus of dispute between nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan since the two gained independence from Britain in 1947. India accuses Pakistan of supporting militant groups fighting Indian control in the part of the state under its administration. Pakistan denies the charge saying it only gives moral support to groups seeking the right of self-determination for the majority Muslim population of Kashmir.
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