Five hurt in Kashmir city blast: police

Posted 10 7 2009 1:01PM

SRINAGAR, India (AFP) – Two soldiers and three civilians were injured Tuesday in a grenade attack in the summer capital of revolt-hit Indian Kashmir, police said.

The blast in Srinagar's central square seriously injured two members of the border security force. Suspected Islamic militants hurled the grenade at their vehicle.

The attack also left three civilian bystanders injured and sent thousands of shoppers running for cover as troops rushed from shop to shop in search of the militants.

Muslim rebels have been waging an insurgency since 1989 against India's rule of the region. Last month militants triggered a car bomb in Srinagar that killed three policemen and a woman bystander.

Small groups of fighters from Pakistan-administered Kashmir have made repeated attempts to cross into India in recent months.