Grenade attack at residence of KP minister, no injuries

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DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Unknown persons on Tuesday hurled a hand grenade at the residence of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Revenue Minister Ali Amin Khan Gandapur in Cantonment police area of Dera Ismail Khan.

The motorcycle-riding men managed to escape from the scene after launching the attack on the minister's residence who belongs to the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI).

Security and emergency teams reached the attack site, while police personnel cordoned off the area as the search for the attackers went underway.

Police sources told DawnNews that there was no loss of life or property reported in the incident. The sources added that the provincial minister was not present at his residence at the time of attack.

Read: KP law minister among eight killed in DI Khan suicide attack

The residence of the provincial minister is situated at a sensitive locality of DI Khan with the DPO office, sessions and high courts in the vicinity.

The was no claim of responsibility for the attack.

At least eight people including Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's then law minister Israrullah Gandapur, also belonging to PTI, were killed on Oct 2013 when a suicide bomber exploded outside the leaders residence in Dera Ismail Khan.

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