One killed in Karak hand grenade attack

PESHAWAR: At least one person was killed and three women and a child injured in a hand grenade attack on a house in Karak, a police official said.

According to the police, some unidentified persons attacked a house owned by Faqir Nawaz with a hand grenade in Narai the Panwas area of Karak on Saturday, killing his son and injuring four others of the same family.

The injured included Faqir’s wife, two daughters and a child. Two of them are stated to be in a critical condition.

And in Peshawar,
the Bomb Disposal Unit (BDU) defused a hand grenade found at Mufti Mehmood Flyover. Police say a fuse of the bomb was fitted with a wooden piece which could have blown up on at anytime.

The incident paralysed the city’s transport as the Charsadda-Dalazak Road was blocked for all kind of traffic for nearly two hours.