QUETTA: Police on Friday said at least one person was killed and three people got injured in a hand grenade blast near Pod Gali Crossroad on Sabzal Road in Quetta.

Edhi sources said the dead and injured were shifted to Civil Hospital and BMC for medico-legal formalities and treatment respectively.

Security forces have cordoned off the area and launched a hunt for the suspects.

Glasses of a rickshaw and nearby shops were broken because of the explosion, which spread terror and panic in the area.

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On September 13, at least five people including a Peace Committee member and two police officials were killed in remote-controlled bomb blast in Swat.

District Police Officer Swat Zahid Marwat had said Peace Committee member Idress Khan was also among the deceased.

According to Rescue 1122, the dead bodies were shifted to Civil Hospital Kabal.

Meanwhile, Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Mahmood had strongly condemned the incident and expressed deep grief and sorrow over the loss of precious lives in the blast.

He had directed the IGP Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to present the report of incident and take quick action against the culprits.

On September 12, the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) had conducted a raid and arrested a suspect allegedly plotting to blow up a railway track in Malir, Bol News had reported.

According to reports, police had received a tip-off over terror bombings and an alleged plot to blow up a railway track. Police had conducted an operation near the railway track in Sukhan, Malir and arrested a suspect.

The accused was identified as Nadir Ali Leghari, who was a member of a proscribed terror outfit. Police had also recovered a railway track blasting bomb from his possession. His accomplices had managed to escape from the scene when police arrived.

DIG CTD Asif Ejaz Sheikh had said the action was taken against the terrorist after receiving a tip-off. He had said a case had been registered against the accused under the provisions of the Anti-Terrorism Act.