QUETTA: Three people, including a Frontier Corps (FC) soldier, were injured in a hand grenade attack late on Sunday evening at Qambrani Road, an area on the outskirts of Quetta.

According to police, the attack took place when FC personnel were conducting snap checking. Two persons riding a motorcycle hurled a hand grenade which exploded near the FC checkpoint. As a result, an FC soldier and two pedestrians were injured. The attackers escaped.

Security forces cordoned off the area and shifted the injured to Civil Hospital. A search operation was under way. No organisation has claimed responsibility for the attack.

Published in Dawn, July 18th, 2022