Two grenade attacks hit Indian Kashmir city

Spokesman says in first attack three policeman were hurt, while minutes later second attack nearby missed its target.

SRINAGAR: Three policemen were injured on Tuesday in co-ordinated grenade attacks by suspected militants in Srinagar, the main city of Indian Kashmir, officials said.

The two blasts came after a peaceful summer in Muslim-majority Kashmir, where a 20-year insurgency against rule from New Delhi has often brought normal life to a halt amid riots, clashes with security forces and curfews.

A spokesman said that in the first attack on Tuesday three policeman were hurt, while minutes later the second attack nearby missed its target and caused no injuries.

Omar Abdullah, the Chief Minister of Kashmir, announced last week that emergency laws imposed in the state in 1990 that allow security forces to act with near-impunity are to be partially withdrawn due to improved security.

Federal army and paramilitary officials are opposed to revoking the law.

Militant violence has dropped sharply in Kashmir since India and Pakistan, which each hold the region in part but claim it in full, started a peace process in 2004.