GWADAR: Ten people were injured in a grenade attack on a bakery in Jiwani town on Saturday, police said.

Unidentified people on a bike hurled a hand-grenade into the bakery which exploded with a loud bang creating panic in the area.

“Ten people, mostly customers, have been injured in the blast,” police said, adding that attackers fled after the incident. Two of the victims were reported to be in serious condition.

The injured were taken to hospitals in Jiwani and Gwadar.The bakery and nearby shops were damaged by the impact of the blast.

Some of the injured were identified as Wajul, Elahi Bakhsh, Baba, Anwar, Rustam, Faisal, Siraj and Mohammad. They all belong to Jiwani town.—Correspondent

Opinion

Editorial

Ties with Tehran
24 Apr, 2024

Ties with Tehran

THE official visit by Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, which ends today, has been marked by mutual praise, and...
Working together
24 Apr, 2024

Working together

PAKISTAN’S democracy seems adrift, and no one understands this better than our politicians. The system has gone...
Farmers’ anxiety
24 Apr, 2024

Farmers’ anxiety

WHEAT prices in Punjab have plummeted far below the minimum support price owing to a bumper harvest, reckless...
By-election trends
Updated 23 Apr, 2024

By-election trends

Unless the culture of violence and rigging is rooted out, the credibility of the electoral process in Pakistan will continue to remain under a cloud.
Privatising PIA
23 Apr, 2024

Privatising PIA

FINANCE Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb’s reaffirmation that the process of disinvestment of the loss-making national...
Suffering in captivity
23 Apr, 2024

Suffering in captivity

YET another animal — a lioness — is critically ill at the Karachi Zoo. The feline, emaciated and barely able to...