Two trailers torched in Turbat, three injured in Gwadar grenade attack
Two Balochistan attacks on Wednesday night left two trailers torched in Turbat and three men injured in a grenade attack on a Gwadar shop.
Armed men opened fire on two trailers parked outside a police station in the Nasirabad area of Turbat district and then set them ablaze before fleeing. In Gwadar, unidentified men hurled a hand grenade at a mobile phone shop in Jannat Bazaar at night, injuring three people inside.
Balochistan attacks: trailers torched in Turbat, grenade probe in Gwadar
In the Turbat attack, the trailers were parked outside a police station when the armed men struck. They fired at the vehicles first and then set both on fire.
Security forces cordoned off the area and launched a search operation. Security was tightened while police assessed the damage and worked to identify the attackers and establish their motive.
The Gwadar attack came later at night. A hand grenade was hurled into a mobile phone shop in Jannat Bazaar, wounding three people inside: Shaukat, his son Baqir, and Zafar. All three are residents of Kashmore district in Sindh.
The injured were taken to a local hospital. Their condition was not immediately known.
Police and security personnel cordoned off the area, collected evidence and increased security in Jannat Bazaar and the surrounding areas. Police said the nature of the attack and possible motives were being investigated from different angles.
What was targeted
The two strikes hit civilian and commercial targets in different districts. In Turbat, the trailers were torched outside a police station in the Nasirabad area, after the attackers first opened fire on them. The men then fled before security forces arrived.
In Gwadar, the target was a mobile phone shop in the busy Jannat Bazaar. The three men hurt inside, Shaukat, his son Baqir and Zafar, had come from Kashmore district in Sindh. The fact that the attack took place inside a market, in the evening hours, underlines the risk to traders and shoppers in the area.
What happens next
Security forces are continuing the search operation around Turbat while investigators in Gwadar work through the evidence collected from the blast site. Security remains tightened in both areas. Police in both districts say the identity and motives of the attackers are still being established, and further details are expected as the investigations progress.
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FAQs
What happened in Turbat?
Armed men opened fire on two trailers parked outside a police station in the Nasirabad area and then set them ablaze before fleeing. Security forces cordoned off the area and launched a search operation.
Who was injured in the Gwadar attack?
Three people inside a mobile phone shop in Jannat Bazaar, Shaukat, his son Baqir, and Zafar, all residents of Kashmore district in Sindh, were injured when a hand grenade was hurled into the shop.
Are the attackers identified?
No. Police say the identity and motives of the attackers in both incidents are still being investigated.
