QUETTA, June 9: Eleven people were injured when a bomb exploded in a restaurant in the industrial town of Hub on Friday. “Five of the victims have been taken to Karachi for serious wounds,” sources said.

Police sources said the bomb planted inside the Taj Mahal restaurant in front of the Hub police station went off at around 5.50pm. Eleven people, including the restaurant owner, were injured.

Personnel of law-enforcement agencies and police reached the blast site and started investigation.

“It was a home-made device planted with timer that went off with a big bang,” police officer Ishaq Lasi said, adding that the restaurant was jam-packed when the explosion occurred. A portion of the restaurant was badly damaged in the explosion.