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Amid heightened security ahead of Republic Day, a series of grenade explosions were reported in the Kashmir Valley in 24 hours, with two explosions in Srinagar and one in Shopian.
In Srinagar, the first explosion occurred at Zero Bridge on Thursday, injuring three state police officials, including two traffic policemen. On Friday, a grenade was thrown near the clock tower in Lal Chowk; no casualties were reported.
Another grenade explosion was reported at Gagren Camp in Shopian on Friday, formerly a J&K Police Special Operation's Group base, that now houses the Additional SP's office.
In a statement to local news agencies, Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) has claimed responsibility for the three attacks.
The latest grenade attacks in Srinagar come after three grenade explosions took place in the state's summer capital within three hours on June 2 last year. The last major attack at Lal Chowk – which is the centre of Srinagar – happened in November 2014, when a grenade explosion near Palladium Cinema left eight persons, including a CRPF sub-inspector, injured.
The attacks in June, for which the JeM had claimed responsibility, had resulted in injuries to four CRPF personnel and two civilians. However, police had claimed that the people responsible…
