GWADAR: Seven people, among them two children, were injured in a grenade attack here on Tuesday.

Police said that attackers riding a motorcycle hurled a grenade on a shop and sped away. The grenade exploded inside the shop.

They said five of the seven injured people belonged to Karachi and were on a visit to Gwadar. The two others hailed from Surab and Kalat in Balochistan.

Soon after the attack personnel of police and Frontier Corps rushed to the area and shifted the injured to the district hospital. All the injured are said to be in a stable condition.

Later, security personnel cordoned off the area and launched a search operation. However, no arrest was reported.

A police officer said that an improvised grenade was used in the attack.

Four of the injured were identified as Safina Bibi, Arqam, Muhammad Farooq and Muhammad Javed.

Published in Dawn, September 6th, 2017

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