Grenade attack in Karachi injures 25

Police are investigating the blast.

KARACHI:
Up to 25 people were injured in a grenade attack on a hotel on Karachi's busy Napier road early Saturday morning.

The hotel, a tea shop, is located on Thokkar street in Karachi's red light district of Napier road, is frequented by a lot of people late at night.

According to eyewitnesses, two men pulled up on a 125cc motorbike at around one am and hurled a grenade at the large number of people gathered at the hotel. The injured were being treated at Civil hospital.


Police and rangers personnel had cordoned off the affected area.

According to reports the hotel also doubles as a gambling den.

Meanwhile, IG Sindh has ordered an investigation into the attack.
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