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Eight injured in Doda bus blast
Tribune News Service and Agencies

Jammu, August 10
Eight persons were injured, one of them seriously, when an IED exploded in a private bus in the main bazar of Bhaderwah town in Doda district today.

Reports said the explosion took place as soon as the bus reached Seri Bazar in the town from Jammu in the afternoon.

Three other vehicles parked in the area were also damaged.

The IED was planted under the driver’s seat and most of the passengers had got down when it exploded.

SRINAGAR: Stepping up attacks on the security personnel ahead of August 15, militants lobbed grenades at two BSF bunkers without causing any casualties, official sources said here on Sunday.

The militants hurled a grenade at a bunker at Karan Nagar in the city which fell on the roadside and exploded, the sources said.

Another grenade attack was reported in Aloocha Bagh of uptown Srinagar, the sources added. Both bunkers belonged to the 115 battalion of the BSF.