Grenade attack on PPP election office in Hub injures three children

QUETTA: Three children were injured in a grenade attack on the election office of a PPP candidate in the industrial town of Hub, with unknown individuals carrying out six more grenade attacks, including those on proposed polling stations, on Monday.

Police said that unknown motorcyclists attacked the election office of PPP’s Balochistan Assembly candidate Mir Ali Hassan Zehri near Jumma Khan Hotel. The explosion occurred close to the election camp, resulting in injury to three children.

Soon after the blast, police rushed to the site and shifted the injured children to the district hospital in Hub. Mr Zehri was not present in the election camp when the grenade exploded. The injured children were later transferred to Ziauddin Hospital in Karachi.

Officials said that another grenade attack took place at the election office of a PPP candidate, exploding in close proximity to the election office. However, no casualties were reported in the attack; only the camp was damaged.

Three blasts occurred in the Kharan area of Rakhsan division, where unknown armed men targeted school buildings proposed for polling stations. Several school buildings, including a girls’ school, were damaged in the grenade attacks.

Officials said that late on Sunday night, a powerful motorcycle explosion occurred in Kharan town, targeting the senior police officer posted in the district.

“An explosive-laden motorbike was parked at the site, which was detonated with a remote control when the police officer was passing through the area in his vehicle,” a police official said, adding that the officer remained unhurt.