(KUNA) -- Two policemen were killed and 18 people injured in three guerrilla strikes in Srinagar, summer capital of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir Wednesday. As many as 18 people were injured when separatist guerrillas hurled a grenade at a police party in Srinagar Wednesday, the news agency Indo-Asian News Service reported."The injured, 15 local policemen - one paramilitary soldier and two civilians - were taken to a Srinagar hospital for treatment. The condition of two of them is serious," Srinagar police told the news agency.
The explosion has led to panic in Srinagar's city centre. In another incident one police official, who was critically injured in a guerrilla attack in downtown Srinagar Wednesday afternoon, later succumbed to injuries, the news agency said. Guerrillas killed another policeman also in downtown Srinagar today. No group has yet claimed responsibility for Wednesday's attacks.