QUETTA, Aug 31: A grenade attack and two incidents of blasts were reported in the province on Friday. However, no casualties were reported.

A hand-grenade was hurled at the house of a police constable in Quetta’s Abdul Hameed Street on Friday. It damaged a portion of the roof. Windowpanes of nearby houses were also damaged in the blast, police said, adding that a case had been registered.

In another incident, an explosion damaged a wall of a ladies park near Jinnah town.

Also, a gas pipeline was blown up in Sui on Friday morning.

The explosive device had been planted under the pipe-line supplying gas to the Sui purification plant from well number 5. The gas supply was, however, not affected, police said.

The blast was the second incident of its kind in the Sui gas field area in 24 hours. Sources said that police had taken some suspects into custody.

According to another report, a powerful blast was heard in Khuzdar town late on Friday night. However, the exact place where the blast took place could not be ascertained till the filing of this report.

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