QUETTA, Aug 13: Three members of a family were seriously injured in a hand-grenade attack in Khuzdar while four explosions occurred in Quetta and two in Mastung on Sunday night.

Police sources said that a hand-grenade had been hurled into the residence of Dr Fahim of Civil Hospital in Khuzdar, seriously injuring the doctor, his wife and one of his cousins.

One of the explosions occurred near the house of a naib nazim, Mazhar Rasheed Khokhar, in Wahdat Colony. Police said the explosive device was home-made.

Another bomb exploded in phase 3 of Shahbaz Town near the house of an officer of the State Bank.

Police said that two separate bomb blasts occurred in the Patel Bagh and Khojak Road areas. One of the bombs was planted inside a dustbin while the other was placed near the wall of a girls’ convent school. The wall of the school was damaged.

Two explosions were reported from Mastung. The first bomb exploded near the office of the local tehsil council while the other went off in the main bazaar.

Meanwhile, police rounded up 50 suspects from different areas of Quetta in connection with the gas pipeline blast that suspended gas supply to Quetta, Pishin and Ziarat remained without gas for at least 4 hours.

At least 33 people had been arrested from the new Kahan area, a spokesman for the Anjuman Ittehad Marri claimed.

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