Grenade attack near Quetta's Patel road leaves one dead, four injured

QUETTA: A terrorist riding a motorcycle hurled a hand grenade near Yaseen Hospital on Patel Road in Quetta, killing one person and injuring four others, ARY News reported, citing police.

Police confirmed the casualty count, stating that the victims were immediately shifted to a nearby hospital for medical treatment.

Meanwhile, CCTV footage of the incident has surfaced, showing the suspect on a motorcycle throwing the grenade before fleeing the scene.

Earlier, armed men in an attack at Wali Khan Bypass killed Sessions Judge Abdul Hakeem Kakar and his gunman, while Additional Sessions Judge Tariq Lashari was injured in terrorist attack, a police official said on Thursday.

SHO Mastung police station said that the judges were traveling from Quetta to Mastung.

The government of Baluchistan has condemned the attack and ordered decisive action against the perpetrators.

Assistant to the Chief Minister, Shahid Rind, has said that terrorists have targeted the judiciary under a plan. “They targeted two judges and one of them was martyred,” he said. The attack on law enforcers and judges has been a failed bid to challenge the writ of the state, he further said.

Shahid Rind said the terrorists and their facilitators will not be left at any cost; the government will respond to them strongly. The Baluchistan government will continue its operation till the complete defeat of terrorism, he added.