Three killed, 18 injured in IED blast near Central Jail in Srinagar
Srinagar:
Three persons, including a woman
and two policemen, died and 15 left wounded when a police vehicle, carrying detenus,
was blown off by an improvised explosive device (IED) near the Central Jail in
Srinagar on Saturday evening. "Around 5.45 PM I was working on my laptop in my
room. I heard such a big explosion, I never heard in my life before. I think around
five to six must be dead. This place is around 500-600 metres away form central
jail. This is a high security zone, I cannot understand how it happened. Some
people are saying that there was an Alto car here and something was planted in
the car itself," said an eyewitness. The death toll may rise, as the targetted
vehicle was blown to pieces, a police official said. According to local policemen,
the bomb was possibly hidden in a car but investigations are being carried on.
The explosion occurred when a police vehicle was passing by the jail Meanwhile,
pro-Pakistan Jamiat-ul-Mujahideen militant outfit claimed responsibility for the
blast.
