Five security forces personnel injured in grenade attack by militants in Srinagar

Five security forces personnel were injured in a grenade attack by suspected militants in the Nowhatta area of the city here on Wednesday, police said. Militants hurled a grenade on a security forces' party around 9.25 pm at main chowk Nowhatta in the old city area here, a police spokesman said.

He said five security forces personnel, including a Jammu and Kashmir policeman, were injured in the explosion. All the injured were shifted to a hospital, the spokesman said.

He said a case under relevant sections of law has been registered and investigation taken up..