Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Mar 26: Two Army personnel and a civilian were injured this afternoon in a grenade attack on a security forces party near a police station in Bijbehara area of Anantnag district of South Kashmir.
Police said that the militants hurled a grenade on a police and Army party that was near the police station on the National Highway in Bijbehara town. Two Army personnel and one civilian were injured in the attack.
Army men also fired in air after the attack but the militants fled away taking advantage of busy market place.
The injured civilian has been identified as Farooq Ahmad of Dupatyar village of Bijbehara. He was shifted to Bijbehara sub-district hospital for treatment where his condition is said to be stable.
The injured Army men have been shifted to Army Base Hospital in Srinagar for treatment.
Senior police and other security force officials reached the spot and conducted searches in the area. However, no one was arrested.
Hizbul Mujahideen has claimed the responsibility of grenade attack on security forces in Bijbehara town.
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