Teen dies in Jammu terrorist attack

Thursday,07 March 2019 12:33 PM IST

Jammu: A teenaged boy, who was injured in the grenade attack in Jammu bus stand on Thursday, which came exactly three weeks after the Pulwama attack, died in the hospital due to splinter injury to his chest later today.

Mohammad Sharik, a 17-year-old resident of Uttarakhand's Haridwar was one among the five persons critically injured in the attack, according to hospital sources.

The person who threw the grenade has been arrested, news agency ANI quoted Director General of Police Dilbagh Singh as saying.

In all 30 people, including bus drivers and conductors have been injured in the attack. The grenade was placed under a bus in the bus stand.