KHUZDAR: Some unidentified miscreants hurled a hand grenade at Jhalawan Complex on Quetta-Karachi National Highway in Khuzdar on Tuesday evening, injuring two people.

According to police, a man and a child passing through the area, were injured after being hit by splinters of the hand grenade.

They were identified as Mohammad Aslam Shahzai and Mohammad Arshad, 10.

Police rushed to the area and shifted the injured to the district hospital.

In another incident in Major Chowk, Mastung, a hand grenade attack was reported.

Windowpanes of nearby shops and buildings were smashed as a result of the grenade explosion, but no loss of human life was reported in the incident.

Published in Dawn, August 23th, 2023

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