Published 12:14 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
17:08 IST, March 7th 2019
Update at 13:23 PM
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.
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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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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:
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Update at 14:00 PM
MoS PMO Dr Jitendra Singh issues a tweet on the Jammu blast:
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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.
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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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Update at 3:05 pm
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has condemned the grenade explosion in Jammu.
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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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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.
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.
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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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Update at 12:26 PM
As per inputs, five persons have been injured in the blast and taken to hospital.
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Update at 12:37 pm
18 people injured in the blast at the bus stand: MK Sinha, IGP Jammu
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Update at 12:39
J&K police confirms that it was a grenade explosion, and that no suspect has been taken into custody yet
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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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Update at 13:16
As per sources, the target was a J&K state transport bus. The grenade exploded outside it.
Updated 17:08 IST, March 7th 2019