Four injured when a hand grenade was thrown at a house beside Jannat Market, according to police. —

QUETTA Four people were wounded in a hand grenade attack in Gwadar here on Friday, according to a DawnNews report.

According to police, the accused threw the hand grenade at a house beside Jannat Market in Gwadar city. The house is owned by one, Mohammad Rafiq, who runs a general store.

The grenade exploded with a bang causing injuries to four inmates of the house. Police rushed to the site after the incident and shifted the injured to hospital. The condition of injured has been stated as stable.

Meanwhile, in another incident in Quetta an explosive device went off in Mian Ghundi on the city outskirt on Friday morning. The blast, however, caused no casualties. Police say the device had been planted on roadside. 

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