Dozens of Civilians Hurt in 2 Kashmir Blasts
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From Times Wire Reports
Assailants threw grenades at a crowded bus stop and a marketplace, wounding 52 people, the highest civilian casualty toll in Indian-controlled Kashmir since a bomb attack on the state assembly building last year.
Police and officials from Jammu and Kashmir state blamed Islamic militants who have been fighting Indian rule since 1989.
Attackers threw four or five grenades into a market in Shopiyan, 30 miles south of Srinagar, police said. Later, at least two grenades exploded at a bus stop in Anantnag, about 35 miles southwest of Srinagar.
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