A rescue operation to save two people trapped in the debris is underway. PHOTO: REUTERS
HYDERABAD: Nine people were injured in an explosion in Hyderabad on Sunday. However, the police have yet to determine if it was a cracker or a hand grenade.
Talking to the media at the site of the explosion, Hyderabad SSP Irfan Baloch said unidentified assailants riding a motorcycle hurled the explosives from above Abdul Wahab Shah Jilani Flyover on the shops under the bridge and escaped. Used shoes were being sold at the shops.
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The injured, including Atif Ali, Manzoor Khan, Moiz, Waleed Khan and Abdul Waheed, were shifted to Civil Hospital, Hyderabad.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 20th, 2017.
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