Srinagar
\nIndian-run Kashmir\u2019s chief minister on Sunday condemned a \u201cdeeply disturbing\u201d grenade attack on a busy market in the main city of Srinagar, which police and media reported left several wounded.
\n\u201cA grenade attack on innocent shoppers at the \u2018Sunday market\u2019 in Srinagar is deeply disturbing,\u201d Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah said in a statement.
\n\u201cThere can be no justification for targeting innocent civilians.\u201d
\nAbdullah did not say how many were wounded, but a senior police officer, who was not authorized to speak to journalists, said nine people were wounded, all civilians.
\nThe Press Trust of India (PTI) showed dozens of armed police and soldiers cordoning off the area in the Himalayan city.
\nThe Hindustan Times quoted Tasneem Showkat, a doctor at Srinagar\u2019s SMHS Hospital, as saying at least eight injured had been taken for treatment.
\n\u201cThe injured include eight men and one woman,\u201d Showkat said, the newspaper reported. \u201cAll are so far stable.\u201d
\nMuslim-majority Kashmir has been divided between rivals India and Pakistan since their independence from British rule in 1947 and is home to a long-running insurgency.
\nAt least 500,000 Indian troops are deployed in Kashmir, battling an insurgency that has killed tens of thousands of civilians, soldiers and rebels since 1989.
\nThe grenade attack comes a day after Indian troops killed three suspected militants in two separate firefights.
\nIn October, gunmen ambushed an army vehicle and killed five people, including three soldiers.
\nThat came a week after seven people were shot dead near a construction site for a strategic road tunnel to Ladakh, a high-altitude Himalayan region bordering China.
\nNew Delhi regularly blames Pakistan for arming militants and helping them launch attacks, an allegation Islamabad denies.
\n\u201cThe security apparatus must do everything possible to end this spurt of attacks at the earliest so that people can go about their lives without any fear,\u201d Abdullah added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Srinagar Indian-run Kashmir\u2019s chief minister on Sunday condemned a \u201cdeeply disturbing\u201d grenade attack on a busy market in the main city of Srinagar, which police and media reported left several wounded. \u201cA grenade attack on innocent shoppers at the \u2018Sunday market\u2019 in Srinagar is deeply disturbing,\u201d Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah said in a statement. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":441471,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-441444","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n