26 injured in grenade explosion in Gwadar port

Quetta: At least 26 people were injured after unidentified men on a motorcycle threw a grenade into a labourers' hostel in Gwadar Port on Thursday night.

There was no claim of responsibility for the attack, one of three on Thursday in Balochistan, a key section of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) energy and transport link project connecting western China with the Middle East and Europe.

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Police said the attack took place during dinner time. Pakistan has assured China that it can provide security for the USD 57 billion CPEC projects.

Two other attacks of a similar nature happened on the same day-one on a food court in Mastung, 55 km from Quetta, wounding 15 people, and unidentified gunmen ridingon a motorcycle and firing at paramilitary soldiers, killing one and wounding four in west Balochistan. (ANI)

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