Incident Summary:

07/24/2015: Assailants threw a grenade into a Vodafone telecom showroom in Karan Nagar area, Srinagar city, Jammu and Kashmir state, India. No casualties were reported. This was one of four grenade attacks targeting telecommunications installations in the same area on this date. No group claimed responsibility for the incidents; however, sources attributed the attacks to Lashkar-e-Islam (India).

GTD ID:
201507240017

When:
2015-07-24

Country:
India

Region:
South Asia

Province/administrative
region/u.s. state:

Jammu and Kashmir

City:
Srinagar

Location Details:
The incident occurred in the Karan Nagar area of the city.

Attack Information
Type of Attack (more) Bombing/Explosion
Successful Attack? (more) Yes
Target Information (more)
Target Type: Business
Name of Entity Vodafone
Specific Description Showroom
Nationality of Target India
Additional Information
Hostages No
Ransom No
Property Damage Yes
Extent of Property Damage Minor (likely < $1 million)
Value of Property Damage Unknown
Weapon Information
Type Sub-type
Explosives Grenade
Additional Information
Suicide Attack?No
Part of Multiple Incident?Yes
Criterion 1 (more) Yes
Criterion 2 (more) Yes
Criterion 3 (more) Yes
Doubt Terrorism Proper (more) No
Perpetrator Group Information
Group Name Claimed Responsibility
Lashkar-e-Islam (India) No
Perpetrator Statistics
Number of Perpetrators Unknown
Number of Captured Perpetrators 0
Casualty Information
Total Number of Casualties 0 Fatalities / 0 Injured
Total Number of Fatalities 0
Number of U.S. Fatalities 0
Number of Perpetrator Fatalities 0
Total Number of Injured 0
Number of U.S. Injured 0
Number of Perpetrators Injured 0
Sources
"7/25/2015: PUNJAB: Three grenade blasts rock Srinagar; one injured," Hindustan Times, July 25, 2015.
"1 killed, 5 wounded in Indian-controlled Kashmir grenade attack," Xinhua News Agency, July 25, 2015.
"Hizbul Mujahideen disowns faction in Held Kashmir," The Nation Pakistan, July 25, 2015.