QUETTA: A Quetta grenade attack killed one person and injured four others outside Yaseen Hospital on Patel Road late Sunday, July 26, police said.
A person riding a motorcycle threw the hand grenade before fleeing the area. Police shifted the casualties to a hospital for treatment. Authorities had not identified the attacker or disclosed the victims’ identities by Monday morning.
CCTV footage aired after the explosion appeared to show the motorcyclist throwing the grenade and leaving the scene.
Initial reports gave conflicting casualty figures. Initially, the police reported one death and four injuries. However, Dawn separately reported four wounded people, including a child who had visited the hospital for a medical consultation.
⚡️QUETTA FAILED BLAST UPDATE:
FAH terrorists have once again targeted innocent people in Balochistan. 2x FAH terrorists wearing helmets arrived outside Yasin Hospital in Quetta on a motorcycle and threw a hand grenade inside the building. However the attack failed when the… pic.twitter.com/MiJDLV6mix
— Hamza Lashari (@Hamza_Lashari18) July 26, 2026Dawn said one of the injured people remained in critical condition. Its report did not record a death at the time of publication.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. Police had not publicly disclosed a possible motive.
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The explosion followed a separate attack near the Wali Khan railway crossing in Mastung on Thursday, July 23. Gunmen killed District and Sessions Judge Abdul Hakeem Kakar and his guard, Muhammad Zaman.
Additional District and Sessions Judge Tariq Lashari and another person sustained injuries in that attack. The judges were travelling from Quetta to Mastung when the assailants targeted their vehicle.
