QUETTA, June 12: Five people, two policemen among them, were injured in a grenade attack in the Golimar Chowk area here on Tuesday night.

Police said the grenade was hurled by two persons riding a motorcycle, adding that the incident occurred near a small roadside restaurant, injuring five of the people sitting outside.

The injured were taken to the Bolan Medical Hospital Complex where one of them was stated to be in serious condition.

The imam of the BMC mosque was among the injured, police said, adding that the attackers had used a home-made device.

The assailants escaped after lobbing the grenade. No arrest has so far been reported.

Meanwhile, the rail link between Quetta and the rest of country was suspended on Tuesday after a portion of the main railway line was blown up near Mach, about 70 kilometres from here.

According to railway authorities, a high-explosive device had been placed under the main railway line.

“A two-foot portion of the main track was blown up, suspending rail traffic,” railway officials said, adding that all Quetta-bound trains were stopped at various railway stations after the incident.

Later, railway track was repaired and train traffic was restored.

In another incident, rockets were fired on a Frontier Corps’ checkpost in the Miwend area in Kohlu district.

Sources said that two rockets exploded near the checkpost, prompting the FC personnel to fire back after which the attackers fled. No casualty was reported.

Meanwhile, Sui police arrested four militants from various areas in Sui tehsil and seized three kilogrammes of high explosives and rocket-propelled grenades. The material was seized after raids near the Sui township in Tali Mat and Uch Pat areas. The arrested militants were identified as Zandin, Mohammad Murad, Sher Ali and Mohammad Ali.

Satellite Town police in Quetta also seized six rockets near the Labour Colony at the Eastern Bypass. No arrest was reported.