12 hurt in grenade attack in Mastung

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Mastung, Oct 19 (TNS): At least a dozen of people were injured in a grenade attack in Mastung, a remote town of Balochistan, officials say on Thursday.

According to officials, unknown miscreants on a motorcycle hurled a grenade near a mobile market at Safar Khan Chowk, a buzy market of the town, and escaped.

Security forces and rescue teams rushed to the scene.

The injured have been shifted to District Headquarters Hospital Mastung.

Forces cordon off area and started investigations into the incident.