SHIKARPUR: At least three people were killed while 12 others were injured in a hand grenade attack at a local shrine in Shikarpur, Dispach News Desk (DND) reported on Monday.
Some unidentified miscreants came on motorbikes and hurled a hand grenade at Hajan Ghulam Shah Bukhari Shrine in Lakhi Ghulam Shah Maari area of Shikarpur and fled away, sources said.
Police said that the hand grenade blasted inside the shrine amid a Qawwali gathering, leaving three persons killed on the spot and over one dozen injured.
Syed Hajan Shah, the current caretaker of the shrine, also injured in the blast.
The rescue teams and local police rushed to the blast site and started moving the injured to hospitals after cordoning off the area.
A few moments ago an unknown person kept a suspicious bag inside the shrine and moved away. After a while, that bag blasted with loud bang and caused these causalities and other damages, some eyewitnesses said.
The hospital sources said the death toll may mount further as many injured are in critical condition.
DND
