Srinagar: Ten persons including seven school children were injured in a grenade attack in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir this morning (June 15, 2004), official sources said.

The grenade was lobbed by militants around 10:00 hours at a patrol party of Rashtriya Rifles at village Frisal in Kulgam, but it missed the intended target and exploded on the roadside, the sources said.

The children, all in the age group of 8-10 years, were on way to their school when they were hit by splinters, the sources said, adding one of the seriously injured victim has been shifted to Srinagar for specialised treatment.

No militant outfit has so far claimed responsibility for the grenade attack.

Police, assisted by security forces, have launched a hunt to nab the ultras, who fled the scene taking advantage of the chaos which followed the blast, the sources said.