Unidentified assailants on Saturday threw a hand grenade inside a family home in Balochistan, killing a young boy and wounding four others, including two women, police said. The incident took place in Panjgur district, police said, adding that the 10-year-old boy killed in the blast had been identified as Sikander, son of Mohammad Shafi. They said that the boy had been playing with a toy inside his house when the grenade detonated, killing him on the spot and injuring two female relatives. The condition of one injured person was said to be critical. AP quoted local police chief Mohammad Ali as saying that it was not immediately clear who was behind the attack.
In a separate incident, a powerful bomb blast shook a government rest house in Muslim Bagh district at around 3:00am on Saturday morning. Sources said that a judicial magistrate had been staying at the rest house when the blast occurred, but said that there were no reports of casualties.