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Five CRPF troopers injured in Kashmir grenade blast

Five CRPF troopers injured in Kashmir grenade blast

Five CRPF troopers were injured in a grenade attack by militants on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway on Monday, police said.

Militants hurled the grenade at a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) patrol in Qazigund area of the highway, police said.

“Five troopers were injured in the blast. The injured have been shifted to hospital and the area has been cordoned off,” a police officer said.

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