Militants Lob Grenade in Front of Manipur Assembly; 2 Jawans Injured

Imphal, November 22, 2019:

Suspected militants lobbed a grenade in front of the Manipur assembly in capital city Imphal. 2 CRPF personnel were injured in the blast, reports said.

The incident took place at around 5:15 pm in the Thangmeiband locality in the city. Two jawans who were patrolling the area were hit by splinters of the grenade blast hurled by militants, reports said.

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It may be mentioned here that in an earlier attack, as many as five policemen and one civilian were severely injured after a bomb blast in Thangal Bazar area of Imphal in Manipur on Tuesday.

The blast occurred at around 9:30 am in the morning, when the market was abuzz with traffic and office goers.

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