23 injured, including 8 security personnel in grenade attacks in Jammu and Kashmir

Srinagar: At least 23 people, including eight security personnel, were injured on Monday in two grenade attacks by militants in Pulwama and Shopian districts of Kashmir, which has been witnessing a spurt in such incidents. The first attack took place in Shopian district of south Kashmir where 16 people — 12 civilians and four policemen — were injured, a police official said. A grenade was hurled at the cops but it landed on the roadside in the busy market area, the official said. In the second attack, militants hurled a grenade at CRPF personnel in Tahab Chowk in Pulwama district this evening, the official said. Four CRPF personnel and three civilians were injured in the blast, he added.  Nearly a dozen grenade attacks have taken place in the Valley since Thursday.