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. 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. "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: #JammuTerrorAttack | Republic TV is reporting LIVE from the location of the grenade attack at the Jammu general bus stand. Watch here - https://t.co/LGCyJUWcLF pic.twitter.com/78xWNg6fQU — Republic (@republic) March 7, 2019 MoS PMO Dr Jitendra Singh issues a tweet on the Jammu blast: #JammuBlast: Nothing more condemnable and inhuman. Militants on the run, now targeting innocent civilians and soft targets. — Dr Jitendra Singh (@DrJitendraSingh) March 7, 2019 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. 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. pic.twitter.com/GJofPAyfoc — ANI (@ANI) March 7, 2019 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 Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has condemned the grenade explosion in Jammu. The grenade attack in Jammu is condemnable. I wish the injured a speedy recovery. — Arun Jaitley (@arunjaitley) March 7, 2019 As per sources, 12 persons have been detained for questioning by the police. The number of injured persons has risen to 30. The culprit behind the Jammu grenade explosion has been arrested. #JammuAndKashmir DGP Dilbagh Singh: The person who threw the grenade at the Jammu bus stand earlier today, has been arrested. pic.twitter.com/UtoN9uVfLW — ANI (@ANI) March 7, 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. J&K: Blast at Jammu bus stand. Injured admitted to hospital. Area has been cordoned off by security personnel pic.twitter.com/utO7RX0GOp — ANI (@ANI) March 7, 2019 This is a developing story. More details are awaited. Watch Republic TV for LIVE updates. Visuals from the blast site show that the Police has cordoned off the area. 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- As per inputs, five persons have been injured in the blast and taken to hospital. 18 people injured in the blast at the bus stand: MK Sinha, IGP Jammu J&K police confirms that it was a grenade explosion, and that no suspect has been taken into custody yet Jammu's chief secretary has confirmed that the injury toll has gone up to 26. All the injured have been referred to GMC Jammu As per sources, the target was a J&K state transport bus. The grenade exploded outside it.