Grenade explosions in Gwadar, Mastung leave 38 injured

No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attacks

QUETTA: At least 38 people were injured in two grenade attacks on eateries in Gwadar and Mastung on Thursday evening.

According to police, a grenade was hurled at a restaurant in Saeed Hasmi Avenue on the Airport Road in Gwadar where labourers were having dinner. At least 26 people were injured in the explosion, Gwadar DIG Nadeem Hussain said. Police took them to the district headquarters hospital. According to hospital sources, three critically injured men were shifted to Karachi for treatment.

Of the injured labourers, 15 were from Sindh and 11 from Punjab.

In Mastung, 12 people were injured when a grenade hurled by men on a motorcycle at Sultan Shaheed Chowk exploded close to a food point and a restaurant. Police took the victims, who had suffered splinter wounds from the grenade, to the Civil Hospital in Mastung and Nawab Ghous Bakhsh Raisani Memorial Hospital on the Quetta-Karachi highway.

Mastung district police chief Gulab Khan said two injured people were sent to Quetta for treatment because of their severe injuries. He said the attackers had managed to escape. Windowpanes of adjoining buildings and shops were smashed by the blast. A case was registered and an investigation into the attack launched.