Two children killed in blast in Kashmir village

Activists of right wing Hindu groups Dogra Front and Shiv Sena, reacting to the militant attack in the southern Rajouri district of Indian-controlled Kashmir burn Pakistan flag during a protest in Jammu, India, Monday, Jan.2, 2023. Assailants sprayed bullets toward a row of civilian homes Sunday night, leaving at least four civilians dead and five others injured, police said Monday. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Two children have been killed and five other civilians wounded in a blast in a village in Indian-controlled Kashmir, a day after attackers sprayed bullets at a row of homes, leaving at least four dead.

Police said the blast on Monday occurred near one of the houses targeted overnight in Dhangri village in southern Rajouri district.