CHAMAN: Two policemen among three people were injured in a hand grenade attack on a vehicle in Chaman.
Police said that miscreants hurled hand grenade at a vehicle near Edhi police picket in Chaman, Balochistan.
The attack partially damaged the vehicle, besides injuring three people, including two policemen, who were shifted to Civil Hospital for treatment.
The assailants fled the scene after the attack. Police cordoned off the area after the attack and launched search operation but no arrest could be made.
Separately, police foiled a major terror bid as it recovered two bomb planted by the roadside in Quetta, which were defused by the Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS).
According to details, a remote control bomb, weighing four to five kilogrammes, was planted by some unidentified miscreants in a cycle in Shafi Colony near Saryab Road in Quetta, which was defused.
A search operation was launched in the surrounding area which led police found another bomb, which was also diffused, and the area was declared clear afterwards.
Published in Daily Times, January 18th 2018.
