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Car bomb in Kashmir town kills 5
SPECIAL REPORTYOUR E-MAIL ALERTSSRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir (CNN) -- A car packed with explosives has detonated at a police checkpoint in Srinagar, killing five people -- including the bomber -- and wounding 14, one critically, just hours before the new chief minister of Indian-controlled Kashmir was to be sworn in, authorities said. The militant group Jaish-e-Mohammed claimed responsibility for Wednesday's blast in a phone call to the news service Current. Jaish-e-Mohammed, or Army of Mohammed, is a Pakistan-based militant group blamed for attacks against India, including the deadly December 2001 parliamentary attack in New Delhi which brought India and Pakistan, both nuclear powers, to the brink of war. Pakistan condemned Wednesday's attack in a statement from the Foreign Ministry, calling it a "heinous act of terrorism." "The people and government of Pakistan sympathize with the families of the victims," the statement said. Amid heightened security for the swearing-in, police were checking cars and signaled to the car to stop about 11:30 a.m. in the Nowgam area of Srinagar. As it did, there was a massive explosion, authorities said. Javed Mukhdoomi, Jammu-Kashmir police inspector-general, told CNN two police officers were killed, along with a female civilian passer-by and the bomber. Two of those injured are in critical condition at a Srinagar hospital, he said. A number of cars were also damaged in the explosion, which took place on a highway. The ongoing police investigation has blocked traffic. CNN's Syed Mohsin Naqvi and Journalist Mukhtar Ahmed contributed to this report. 
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