Watch: Four cops, 12 civilians injured in Shopian grenade attack
Shopian-attack
Militants have carried out a series of grenade attacks on security forces and politicians since last week.
Sixteen people including four policemen were injured in a grenade attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district on Monday, police said.
According to the police, militants hurled a grenade at a police party stationed in Shopian town.
The grenade missed its target and exploded on a roadside, injuring the civilians.
"The area has been cordoned off and searches started to nab the attackers," a police officer said.
"The injured have been shifted to hospital. The area has been cordoned off for searches," a police officer said.
Militants have carried out a series of grenade attacks on security forces and politicians since last week.
The security agency officials said the highly-volatile Shopian and Pulwama districts in South Kashmir continued to contribute more youths to the militant groups which included outfits like ISIS-Kashmir and Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind, a group which claims support of the Al-Qaeda.
(With inputs from PTI)