Blasts kill six in J&K

SRINAGAR: Two land mines exploded in a crowded residential area in the Indian portion of Kashmir on Wednesday, killing six people and wounding 40 others, a paramilitary officer said. The land mines were planted by suspected Islamic

militants in the Jawahar Nagar

district of Srinagar, the summer capital of India’s Jammu-Kashmir state, Hari Lal, an officer of the Central Reserve Police Force, said. The blasts left three soldiers and three civilians dead, Lal said. An additional 30 civilians and 10 soldiers were wounded in the explosions. — AP