QUETTA, Aug 22: At least 16 people, including two women, were injured in two grenade attacks here on Wednesday. In the first attack, six people in a barber shop were injured and in the second 10 people in and around a tailor’s shop were hurt.

The first attack took place at a shop on the Zarghoon Road. Six people were injured in the attack.

The owner of the saloon told police that the grenade exploded around 4 pm injuring six people, including a boy. The injured were taken to the Civil Hospital.

Hospital sources said the condition of three of the injured, including the boy, was serious.

One of the injured, Abdul Wajid, said: “I saw a young man entering the saloon and after washing his hands and face in the bathroom he left something there that exploded soon after.”

The other injured have been identified as Mohammad Liaquat, Waheed Ahmed, Imdadullah, Mohammad Asif and Kausar Ali.

A senior police officer said that it was a locally-made grenade. He said that the assailant escaped on a motorcycle.

Ten people, including two women, were injured in the grenade attack on the tailor’s shop in the Brewery area, while another explosion was reported from the Sariab area late on Wednesday.

According to police sources, unidentified men hurled a grenade at the tailoring shop of one Sagheer Ahmed that exploded inside the shop, resulting in injuring eight people.

Two people received injuries who were passing through the area in a pickup when the grenade exploded. All the injured were immediately taken to the Bolan Medical College Complex Hospital.