QUETTA: Three people were injured in a grenade attack in the Hazarganji area of Quetta on Sunday.

Police said unidentified motorcyclists hurled a hand grenade at an office of a private company in the Hazarganji area and sped away. While it exploded outside of the office, at least three employees of the company sustained injuries and some property was damaged. Shortly after the blast area police rushed to the site and shifted the injured to Civil Hospital.

“The injured have received multiple injuries from the splinter of the exploded grenade,” police said quoting hospital officials.

Police collected evidence from the blast site and started further investigation.

No one has claimed responsibility.

Separately, police arrested the domestic worker after an initial post-mortem examination report indicated torture marks on the body of a Hazara town resident.

Police said the victim, Shukaria Bibi lived alone. They said her husband was in Norway while her sister informed the police that the servant claimed she had fallen from stairs and died. The police shifted the body to hospital for an autopsy.

According to the initial post-mortem examination report, a deep wound was found in her head that caused her death. However, some torture marks were also spotted on her body. Subsequently, police arrested the servant for interrogation and started an investigation into the murder.

Published in Dawn, September 1st, 2025