One killed, 7 hurt in grenade attacks

QUETTA - One person was killed and seven injured, including three Frontier Corps (FC) personnel and a policeman, in separate hand grenade attacks in Quetta and Hub, an industrial town of Balochistan bordering Karachi.
In another incident, the driver of a tanker carrying fuel for the Nato troops stationed in Afghanistan, received bullet wounds when the vehicle was targeted in Dadhar area.
According to police, unidentified men hurled a grenade on a house in Kharotabad in outskirts of the provincial Quetta. The explosion killed Mussa Khan, owner of the house, and injured his son, Wali Muhammad (18). The attackers escaped from the site after committing the crime. Police handed over the body to heirs after completing legal formalities while the injured is being treated at a local hospital.
In Hub, at least seven persons, including three personnel of Frontier Corps (FC) and policeman were injured in two grenade attacks. According to official sources, four persons, including a policeman, sustained injuries when unknown men lobbed a grenade on a police vehicle at the Post Office Road.
Similarly, a hand grenade was also hurled at a FC at Seerat Chowk, around 30 minutes after the first attack, injuring three FC personnel. The attackers flee the scene after the incident. The injured were shifted to a local hospital and Karachi for treatment.
Soon after the attacks, police cordoned off the area and beefed up security measures. Meanwhile, blasts caused panic among the local residents.
In another incident, the driver of a tanker carrying fuel for NATO forces in
Afghanistan was injured at Dadhar area when unknown armed assailants sprayed a volley of bullets on the tanker with sophisticated weapons. Resultantly, the driver, Bakhtiar Khan, sustained serious wounds and rushed to a hospital. No group has so far claimed the responsibility for the attacks. Police has registered cases of both incidents and started investigation.