Grenade kills three at prayer
Amritsar, India – Three people were killed in a grenade attack on a prayer congregation in India’s Punjab yesterday which left some 20 others injured, police said.
About 250 followers of the Nirankari spiritual group, considered heretics by most Sikhs, had gathered for morning prayers in Amritsar district when two men threw the explosive.
“Three people have died and 15-20 are injured,” senior police officer Surinder Pal Singh Parmar said.