Paramilitary trooper wounded in Indian-controlled Kashmir grenade attack

SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir, March 30 (Xinhua) -- A paramilitary trooper was wounded Saturday in a grenade attack in restive Indian-controlled Kashmir, officials said.

The grenade was hurled towards paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camp in Pulwama town, 32 km south of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir.

"A CRPF person was wounded today after militants hurled a grenade towards their camp in a bank here," a police official told Xinhua. "The CRPF person was hit by splinters."

Following the attack police and paramilitary troopers cordoned off the area to carry out search for the suspected persons, police said.

The attack triggered panic in the area, eyewitnesses said.

So far no militant outfit has claimed responsibility of the attack.

A guerrilla war is going on between militants and Indian troopers stationed in the region since 1989.