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Pakistan: 12 killed in grenade attack on mini-truck in Karachi
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ISLAMABAD, 15 August 2021, (TON): Twelve members of an extended family, all women and young boys, lost their lives and several others suffered burn injuries in a grenade attack on a mini-truck on the outskirts of the city on Saturday night.
A senior police officer, who didn’t want not to be named, told media that it was an act of terrorism.
He said “personnel from the Bomb Disposal Squad had found the lever of the grenade [at the crime scene] and confirmed that a Russian-made device had been used in the attack.”
The incident occurred in the Baldia area within the limits of the Madina Colony police station.
The official said “we are investigating the incident from different angles to ascertain whether the perpetrators were terrorists from some ethnic group or an extremist group.”
Police term it an act of terrorism.
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