Srinagar/UNI: Militants lobbed a hand grenade towards a roadside bunker of CRPF in the downtown Srinagar early Friday morning, official sources said.
A dog was killed in the blast, they added.
They said militants hurled a hand grenade towards a CRPF bunker at Noorbagh in the downtown city at 0630 hrs, shortly before Fajr (morning) prayers.
However, the grenade missed the intended target and exploded outside the bunker, they said adding a dog was killed.
Later, security forces conducted searches in the area but the militants had managed to escape.
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