Three children were injured in a grenade attack on the election office of a PPP candidate in the industrial town of Hub, with unknown individuals carrying out six more grenade attacks, including those on proposed polling stations, on Monday.

Police said that unknown motorcyclists attacked the election office of PPP’s Balochistan Assembly candidate Mir Ali Hassan Zehri near Jumma Khan Hotel. The explosion occurred close to the election camp, resulting in injury to three children.

Zehri was not present in the election camp when the grenade exploded. The injured children were later transferred to Ziauddin Hospital in Karachi.

Officials said that another grenade attack took place at the election office of a PPP candidate, exploding in close proximity to the election office. However, no casualties were reported in the attack; only the camp was damaged.

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