As many as 18 people were injured in a grenade attack at a bus stand in Jammu on Thursday, 7 March, confirmed MK Sinha, IGP Jammu. One person is critical, reported ANI. All injured have been shifted to a nearby hospital.
Visuals from the bus station in Jammu.
Visuals from the bus station in Jammu.
The area was cordoned off by security personnel soon after the incident.
"The attack was clearly intended to disturb the state’s internal peace. We are collecting evidence and an investigation is underway. No suspect has been taken into custody yet," Sinha said.
Security forces in the state were already on high alert in the wake of the Pulwama terror attack last month that had killed 40 CRPF personnel.
A local reporter told that the grenade attack occurred on the side of the station reserved for buses departing for Srinagar.
Visuals from the bus station in Jammu.
The police also said that the grenade was lobbed from outside the bus station, which then rolled under one of the buses parked there.
An eyewitness present at the spot told ANI: "(Initially) I thought a tire had burst... but it was a big blast. The locals took the injured to the hospital in an ambulance.”