A Grenade Explosion In A Busy Market In Indian-controlled Kashmir Wounds 9

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A grenade attack at a marketplace bustling with shoppers in the main city of Indian-controlled Kashmir has wounded at least nine people

Police said an unidentified attacker hurled a grenade from a flyover bridge, apparently targeting a stationed paramilitary vehicle, in the main business center of Srinagar, where Sunday's flea market is visited by thousands of people.

In the past, Indian authorities have blamed rebels fighting against Indian rule in the disputed region for similar grenade attacks. Rebels have in turn accused government agents of carrying out the attacks to defame their movement.

"There can be no justification for targeting innocent civilians," Kashmir's Chief Minister Omar Abdullah wrote on the social media platform X. "The security apparatus must do everything possible to end this spurt of attacks at the earliest so that people can go about their lives without any fear."

India and Pakistan each administer a part of Kashmir, but both claim the territory in its entirety. The nuclear-armed rivals have fought two of their three wars over the territory since they gained independence from British colonial rule in 1947.