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Published 17:08 IST, March 7th 2019

Blast at Jammu Bus stand: LIVE Updates

An explosion has occurred at the Jammu bus stand on Thursday morning. This is a developing story

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17:08 IST, March 7th 2019

Update at 13:23 PM

LIVE visual from the attack site:

This is the third such incident at the Jammu bus stand in just the last 12 months. Three people had been injured in the previous two incidents.

 

17:08 IST, March 7th 2019

Update at 13:39 PM

The number of injured persons has gone up to 28, as per the latest inputs.

"Jammu has generally been incident-free. Let the police investigate": BR Subramaniam, Chief Secretary of J&K.

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17:08 IST, March 7th 2019

Update at 13:53 PM

"The blast was outside the bus - it was a Punjab Roadways bus. We had parked it just two minutes before the blast": Conductor of the bus that was attacked who is injured and in hospital.

'This could have been a bigger tragedy. People need to be vigilant. We will foil these nefarious attempts': Former J&K Deputy CM Kavinder Gupta.

Watch here, Republic TV's report from the blast site:

 

17:08 IST, March 7th 2019

Update at 14:00 PM

MoS PMO Dr Jitendra Singh issues a tweet on the Jammu blast:

 

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17:08 IST, March 7th 2019

Update at 2:19 pm

MoS Defence Subhash Bhamre on grenade explosion at Jammu bus stand: Local investigation has been initiated into the incident. The government has already given complete liberty to the forces to take all necessary steps.

 

17:08 IST, March 7th 2019

Update at 2:56 pm

A 17-year-old youth from Haridwar has succumbed to injuries sustained in the Jammu bus stand grenade attack, as tweeted by the IGP Jammu

 

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17:08 IST, March 7th 2019

Update at 3:05 pm

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has condemned the grenade explosion in Jammu.

 

17:08 IST, March 7th 2019

Update at 15:34 PM

As per sources, 12 persons have been detained for questioning by the police.

The number of injured persons has risen to 30.

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17:08 IST, March 7th 2019

Update at 5:08 pm

The culprit behind the Jammu grenade explosion has been arrested.

 

17:08 IST, March 7th 2019

An explosion has occurred at the Jammu bus stand on Thursday morning.

As per news agency ANI, injured persons have been admitted to hospital.

This is a developing story. More details are awaited.

Watch Republic TV for LIVE updates. 

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17:08 IST, March 7th 2019

Update at 12:21 PM

Visuals from the blast site show that the Police has cordoned off the area.

17:08 IST, March 7th 2019

Update at 12:24 PM

The nature of the blast in Jammu's general bus stand are still being ascertained. J&K DIG is at the blast site. 

This is the location of the blast site-

 

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17:08 IST, March 7th 2019

Update at 12:26 PM

As per inputs, five persons have been injured in the blast and taken to hospital. 

17:08 IST, March 7th 2019

Update at 12:37 pm

18 people injured in the blast at the bus stand: MK Sinha, IGP Jammu

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17:08 IST, March 7th 2019

Update at 12:39

J&K police confirms that it was a grenade explosion, and that no suspect has been taken into custody yet

17:08 IST, March 7th 2019

Update at 12:49 pm

Jammu's chief secretary has confirmed that the injury toll has gone up to 26. All the injured have been referred to GMC Jammu

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17:08 IST, March 7th 2019

Update at 13:16

As per sources, the target was a J&K state transport bus. The grenade exploded outside it.

12:14 IST, March 7th 2019