QUETTA: Two persons were injured on Thursday when militants hurled a hand grenade at the election office of Pakistan Peoples Party in Noshki area of Balochistan, police said.

The motorcycle-riding-attackers managed to escape after the incident.

Police said the blast damaged a portion of the election office as well and that the injured were shifted to Civil Hospital Noshki for medical treatment.

Police and levies personnel reached the spot as investigations into the attack went underway.

There was no claim of responsibility over the incident.

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