At least seven people injured in a grenade blast on Quetta

At least seven people were injured in a grenade blast on Quetta’s Smagli Road today.

According to police, a grenade was lobbed at labourers working on an under-construction bridge. Five of the labourers and two passers-by got injured when it went off, they said.

On getting information, heavy contingents of law enforcement agencies and ambulances reached the scene. The injured were shifted to a nearby hospital for medical attention.

The law enforcers cordoned off the area and began collecting evidence. A search operation was launched to arrest the culprits.

Last month, four people were injured in a blast on Quetta’s Sariab Road. Some explosive material fitted on a motorcycle had gone off, resulting injuries to four people.

On Aug 11, at least six people were killed and 21 others had sustained wounds when a blast ripped through the Chaman’s Mall Road area. The remote-controlled bomb was planted on a motorbike.

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