• Two police trucks fired
• Five attacks of grenades reported in Quetta
• Explosion near Sibi’s train station
Quetta/ Gwadar: The unknown armed men snatched official police and tax weapons on several roads on the districts of Noski and Mastung and also set fire to their two vehicles.
Previously, armed men had blocked roads at different parts of the districts.
The authorities said that armed men blocked the main road in the Washbo area on Friday night and intercepted two police vehicles patrolling in the area.
They understood the police staff and after snatching their weapons, both vehicles burned.
The reports suggested that the criminals also blocked the Quetta-Taphan road in the Ahmedwal area of the Noshki district. They intercepted four vehicles that transported Taftan gas and took four people to a gunpoint that belonged to Punjab. They also entered the police stations and the encumbrances and snatched their weapons.
Armed men also blocked roads in the Dasht area of the Mastung district and some other areas. They checked the vehicles that passed the people traveling in these vehicles.
Two injured in the barbershop firing
Two people who worked in a barbershop in the city of Tobat were injured when armed men opened fire in the store. It was the second incident to shoot a hairdresser during the last 24 hours. Last night, three people were killed when firing in a hair store in the city of Uthal in Lasbela district.
Granadas attacks
In Quetta, the five -handed Granada attacks were carried out by unknown armed men in different areas of the provincial capital on Friday night, while a Granada attack also took place near the Sibi railway station, police said on Saturday.
According to police officers, unknown armed motorcyclists threw grenades at two police stations in Sariab and Kachi Baig, which exploded in the backyard of police stations.
A police vehicle parked at the police station was partially damaged.
The armed men also threw grenades into the house of an Atiqur Rehman in the Brewery Road area. As a result, the walls of the house were damaged.
Separately, two grenades attacks closer to a private school were reported in the city of Hazara and near the maid area. However, in the five attacks, no one was killed or injured.
Police said an explosion of Granada was reported near the train station in Sibi. However, no damage or victims were reported in the explosion.
Posted in Dawn, May 11, 2025
