One dead, 32 injured in grenade attack in Jammu

A teenager was killed and at least 30 others injured in a grenade attack in Jammu today, exactly three weeks after the terror attack in Pulwama district. 17-year-old Mohammad Sharik, a resident of Uttarakhand’s Haridwar, died due to splinter injuries in the chest. All the injured have been hospitalised and five of them are critical, doctors said.

The person who threw the grenade has been arrested, police said, adding he is a Hizbul Mujahideen operative and had reached Jammu from Kulgam this morning. Police say they identified him using CCTV footage.

“Camera footage was examined and based on oral testimony of witnesses we were able to identify a suspect. He was wearing jeans and a red rucksack. We were on lookout for anyone matching the description. The accused was arrested and he confessed to his crime. Hizbul commander from Kulgam had tasked him with the grenade attack,” said Jammu and Kashmir Police’s Manish K Sinha.