14 injured in hand grenade attacks in NW Pakistan

Source: Xinhua| 2017-05-20 18:34:39|Editor: Song Lifang
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ISLAMABAD, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Some 14 people were injured in separate incidents of hand grenade attacks including one targeting a school in Pakistan's northwest Charsadda district on Saturday, local Urdu media reported.

Unknown militants hurled a hand grenade at the main gate of a school in Zareef Kore area of Charsadda, a district located in the country's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, local Geo News reported.

A schoolboy and a watchman were injured the attack whereas the insurgents fled the scene following the incident.

A total of 12 other people were injured when militants threw hand grenades at two houses in the district.

Police said that those injured in house attacks included six women and five kids. The injured people were shifted to nearby hospitals.

The reason behind the attack on the houses has not been ascertained yet. No group has claimed any of the attacks yet.

Police cordoned off the attacked areas and kicked off investigations.

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