Eight security men hurt in Pakistan grenade attack

ISLAMABAD - Eight security personnel were injured Sunday in a grenade attack in Pakistan’s northwestern Quetta city, media reports said.

Motorcycle-borne militants hurled a grenade at a security forces’ vehicle near Sariab road in Quetta, injuring eight personnel of the Pakistan’s Frontier Corps, Geo TV said quoting police.

Witnesses said fire tenders rushed to the scene as a fire broke out after the attack. The injured were taken to hospital.

The authorities have meanwhile cordoned off the blast site.