QUETTA – A police personnel and four others suffered injuries in hand grenade attack in the provincial capital of Balochistan.
Reports in local media said a policeman was among five injured in a hand-grenade attack at a police van on Tuesday.
The incident occurred in Nawan Kali Pashtunistan Chowk in Quetta in which an Assistant sub-inspector of police and four pedestrians were injured, police said.
The injured persons were identified to a local medical facility for medical aid.
Later, rescuers and law enforcement personnel rushed to the site, moved the injured, and started probe to find attackers.
KP, and Balochistan witnessed a sharp rise in terrorism in recent times after TTP ended its ceasefire with the government in November last year and the splinter groups continued attacks since then.
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