Car bomb leaves 10 dead in IOK
From Abdul Sami Lone

SRINAGAR—Suspected militants set off a car bomb near a major bank in Indian Kashmir’s main city on Wednesday, killing 10 people and wounding at least 60, police said. It was the third high-profile attack by militants fighting Indian rule in the region in as many days.
Police said the bomb was aimed at a former state minister, Usman Majid, who was among the wounded.
Wednesday’s blast by a busy road outside the headquarters of the state-run Jammu and Kashmir Bank in the heart of Srinagar, was heard across the summer capital of Indian Kashmir.
“I thought it was doomsday. I saw a lot of dust and smoke and everyone around me was bleeding and crying for help,” Syed Altaf, a 50-year-old injured man said in hospital, his head bandaged and jacket covered with blood.
The road was littered with damaged vehicles, footwear and pools of blood, witnesses said.
“Our house shook due to the blast,” said Habibullah Lone, a Srinagar resident who lives three km (two miles) away from the blast.