One killed, 14 wounded in Quetta grenade attack

Quetta: A man was killed and 14 others suffered severe injuries after unknown assailants hurled hand grenade at a stall on Joint Road area of Quetta on Thursday.

According to police sources, unknown men hurled a hand grenade at a stall was set up for selling national flags near Joint Road and fled from the scene.

The blast left one person dead and 14 people injured on the spot.

Media Coordinator of Helath Department, Dr Waseem Baig said one dead and 14 injured people were brought to the civil hospital’s trauma center where the injured were getting treatment.

The dead was identified as Suraj while the injured were named as Dostam Shah, Sulaiman Shah, Abdul Samad, Anayatullah, Mir Hatim Ali, Muhammad Bilal, Gohar Shah, Mujahid Ali, Ali Asghar, Habibullah, Riaz Ahmed, Saboor Shah, Farnam Das and Gull Muhammd.

Law enforcement agencies (LEDs) reached the spot and cordoned off the area. Further investigations were underway.