Rebel grenade attacks in Kashmir injure 42

A grenade attack today in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir has wounded 17 people.

Militants lobbed the grenade at a bus stand in Anantnag, the main town in southern Kashmir, a police spokesman said.

It was the second grenade attack of the day. Earlier, a grenade exploded in a marketplace in Shopian, also in southern Kashmir, wounding at least 25 civilians.

None of the more-than a dozen guerrilla groups who are fighting Indian rule in the Muslim-majority state have claimed responsibility for either of the blasts.

Over 33,000 people have died since Islamic guerrillas seeking either independence or union with Pakistan launched the revolt in late 1989.