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Sunday, November 08, 2009
By Muhammad Ejaz Khan
QUETTA: At least 16 people, including two female teachers, were injured in two separate incidents of hand grenade explosions in the provincial capital on Saturday.
Police said the first explosion took place at around 1:30 pm in girls school of Killi Shaikh Husssaini on Muno Jan Road when the teaching staff was planning for upcoming annual examinations of the school. Police said unknown armed men hurled a hand grenade in the school, which fell on the rooftop of the staff room. The explosive device created a hole in the roof and landed inside the staff-room injuring two teachers.
Eyewitnesses said the explosion was so powerful that it smashed windowpanes and wooden door of the room and damaged all furniture. Two teachers sustained injuries, who were shifted to the Civil Hospital for medical treatment.
Police and Frontier Corps (FC) personnel reached the spot and started a probe into the matter. Police claimed to have rounded up 26 suspects and further investigations are in progress.
In another explosion at the Mezaan Chowk, the most busy emporium of the provincial capital, over 14 people, including four personnel of the FC, were injured when unknown armed men hurled a hand grenade at the FC check-post.
Soon after the explosion people were seen running helter skelter in search of safety, and eyewitnesses said they were busy on their Eid shopping when a woman who was in black veil hurled the hand grenade and escaped from the scene, leaving behind 14 people injured.
Soon after the blast, Edhi Ambulances reached the spot and shifted the injured to the Civil Hospital for treatment where the condition of some of the injured was stated to be critical, hospital sources told The News. The FC and police cordoned off the area after the blast and started a probe into the matter.
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