By IANS,
Srinagar: Two women tourists from Maharashtra were killed and six others were injured in a grenade attack in Kashmir Saturday, police said.
“Two tourists were killed and six others wounded when militants hurled a grenade into a Tempo Traveller taxi in Bijbehara town in Anantnag district this afternoon. All tourists in the taxi were women from Maharashtra,” a senior police officer told IANS.
The officer said the injured have been taken to a hospital and the area around the site, 45 km from here, has been cordoned off. Police were looking for the attackers.
The attack coincides with Defence Minister A.K. Antony’s visit to Jammu and Kashmir to review the security situation and his discussions with the state authorities ona partial withdrawal of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act.
Militants in Kashmir last attacked tourists with grenades in 2006.
During the unrest in the summer of 2010, except for stone-pelting, there were no reports of attack on tourists and Amarnath pilgrims.