A Muslim woman was killed Thursday and six other people, including two border guards, were injured in a grenade explosion in Indian-administered Kashmir, police said.
Police said suspected militants hurled a hand grenade towards a security force patrol in the Nowhatta area of Kashmir's summer capital Srinagar.
The explosion killed a woman who was selling fish by the roadside, while four civilians and two border guards suffered injuries.
"Two of the injured civilians are in a critical condition," a police spokesman said, adding the injured were taken to Srinagar's main hospital.
The explosion took place close to the city's main mosque and sparked panic among those nearby, witnesses said.
Security forces later sealed off the area and conducted house-to-house searches, police said – AFP
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