10 killed in Kashmir unrest

Srinagar - Ten people were killed and a one-year-old child was among 12 wounded in explosions and gun battles in India's troubled…

Srinagar - Ten people were killed and a one-year-old child was among 12 wounded in explosions and gun battles in India's troubled Kashmir, police said yesterday.

A woman was killed and seven people, including two paramilitary troopers and the child, were wounded when a grenade exploded in a street in Srinagar, a police statement said. Separatist guerrillas threw the grenade at a paramilitary patrol near a crowded street-crossing, but it missed and exploded on the road. In another attack in downtown Srinagar, five people were wounded, among them three paramilitary troopers, police said.

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