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SRINAGAR - TWENTY people, including three security force personnel, were hurt on Friday in a blast at a busy bus station in Indian-administered Kashmir, police said.
The incident took place in Banihal town, about 120 kilometers south of Kashmir's summer capital Srinagar, a police spokesman said.
'Five of the injured are in critical condition,' he said, adding the area was immediately sealed off and ballistic experts were on the spot.
'It was either a grenade or a bomb,' he said.
Kashmir is in the grip of an 18-year old insurgency against Indian rule that has so far left more than 43,000 people dead, according to official figures.
New Delhi and Islamabad launched a peace process in 2004 to resolve all pending disputes, including the one on Kashmir - a scenic region they both hold in part but each claim in full.
Violence in the region has declined sharply since. -- AFP
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