Rocket hits house in Karachi

Published February 17, 2002

KARACHI, Feb 16: A rocket was fired by unidentified persons, which injured a man and damaged a house and a car on Saturday night in Shah Faisal Colony.

Police said the rocket exploded after it had hit a house in APWA quarters near Begum Ra’ana Liaquat Ali School. The house was owned by Imtiaz. The occupants of the house remained safe, however, a passerby, identified as Griffin suffered injuries, the police added.

The police did not have idea that who had launched the rocket and the motive behind it.

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