SRINAGAR, India - Twenty-one civilians were injured on Monday when Muslim rebels hurled a grenade at a security force patrol in a busy market in Indian Kashmir and missed, police said. They said five of those injured in the attack at Shopian, 50 kilometers (30 miles) south of Srinagar, were in critical condition. "The rebels were aiming for a security patrol but missed their target," a police official, who did not wish to be named, told AFP. Everyone with a good throwing arm is drafted early by the cricket teams. | "The market was packed with people when the grenade went off." The explosion sent people scattering in panic. On Sunday three people were injured in a shootout between a Muslim militant and police in a crowded flea market in Srinagar. No word on status of the fleas |
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