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Around 6:25am, two masked men riding a bike threw a hand grenade at the main gate.
Police said that it was a Chinese-made hand grenade and its lever had been found.
“We have registered an FIR in the case on the complaint of the house owner Jamshed Baghwan,” said an official of Yakatot police station while talking to the Express Tribune.
This is the second time Baghwan's house has been targeted. Earlier on March 19, the Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) defused had a medium-intensity explosive device, weighing arounf two-kilogram, planted outside Baghwan's house after it was spotted by inmates.
TARGETED: Previous attacks on Express Media Group
August 16, 2013
Four armed men fired indiscriminately outside the entrance of the Express Media Group office in Karachi, injuring two members of staff, including a guard who is paralysed.
December 2, 2013
Three people were injured when the Karachi office came under attack. Two hand grenades were hurled at the office building, while unknown assailants opened indiscriminate fire.
January 17, 2014
Three Express News staffers – technician Waqas , driver Khalid, and guard Ashraf – were killed when the DSNG van of the channel came under attack in Nazimabad, Karachi. TTP took responsibility for the attack.
March 19, 2014
A bomb was defused outside Express News Peshawar bureau chief Jamshed Baghwan’s house in Murshadabad area of Peshawar.
March 28, 2014
Analyst and Express News show “Khabar Se Agay” anchor Raza Rumi was attack in Lahore, in which his driver, Mustafa, was killed and his guard injured.
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