1 killed, 12 injured in hand grenade attack in Pakistan's Quetta


ISLAMABAD, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- At least one person has been killed with 12 others injured in a hand grenade attack in Quetta, the provincial capital of Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province, police said on Thursday.

Station House Officer of the Civil Lines Police Station Naseebullah told Xinhua that some unknown miscreants riding on a motorcycle hurled two hand grenades at the victims who were then sitting in front of a restaurant near the railway station late Wednesday night.

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