Grenade blast in Srinagar kills one, injures several

NEW DELHI: One person was killed and five others were injured in a grenade blast on Thursday evening.The terrorists hurled a grenade at a CRPF vehicle around 6pm in Jehangir Chowk area and it exploded on the road, killing one and injuring five other passers-by, police said.The injured were shifted to hospital for treatment where one succumbed to his injuries, police said. Preliminary investigation suggests that the man who hurled the grenade was the one who died, police said."The injured are doing fine and their condition is stable," a doctor at SMHS said.The site of the blast is close to the secretariat which houses the offices of the chief minister, her cabinet colleagues and all top bureaucrats.Meanwhile, police have launched massive search operation to nab the attackers.