QUETTA, Jan 10: Six people were injured on Thursday evening after they tried to prevent an attack on a barber’s shop in the Essa Nagri area.

According to police, a group of people tried to capture the assailant but he attacked with a hand-grenade and opened fire, injuring six of them. The man escaped in the ensuing confusion and panic.

The injured are being treated at the Bolan Medical Complex.

No one has so far been arrested.