SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir, June 13 (Xinhua) --At least seven paramilitary troopers of India's Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were wounded, some of them critically, on Tuesday evening in a grenade attack in restive Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said.
The grenade attack was carried out by suspected militants at village Laryar-Tral of Pulwama district, about 43 km south of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir.
"This evening militants hurled a grenade on our men in Laryar village of Tral, wounding seven personnel," Rajesh Yadav, CRPF spokesperson in Srinagar, told Xinhua.
"Though the wounded personnel were immediately removed to hospital, the condition of three of them was stated to be critical."
Following the attack, government forces immediately launched a massive hunt to nab the militants responsible for the attack.
On Monday night, two CRPF men were wounded after militants fired a grenade from an under barrel grenade launcher (UBGL) on their camp in Tral.
Likewise, three police personnel and a paramilitary trooper were wounded in a grenade attack in Srinagar on Sunday night.
So far, no militant outfit has claimed responsibility for the attacks.
Militant groups opposing New Delhi's rule are engaged in a guerilla war with Indian troops in the region since 1989. Gunfight between the two sides takes place intermittently.
Kashmir, the Himalayan region divided between India and Pakistan, is claimed by both in full. Since their independence from Britain, the two countries have fought three wars, two exclusively over Kashmir.
