Pakistan attack: Grenade assault injures 11 in Risalpur

At least eleven persons including security officials were injured on Tuesday in a grenade blast that occurred in Risalpur.

According to media reports, unknown attackers riding a motorbike hurled hand grenade that caused the blast at main GT Road near PAF Engineering Centre gate no.3 that hurt eleven persons, including five security men and ten civilians.

Reports said that many young men were present at the site as recruitment for PAF engineering wing was underway. Security forces have cordoned off the area while rescue efforts are underway to shift the injured to the hospital. However, the attackers managed to escape after the attack .

Risalpur, a town of around 20,000 people, is home to the Pakistan Air Force Academy, the Military College of Engineering, the Pakistan Army Engineers Centre and the Military Engineering Services School.

A couple of days ago, a suicide and rocket attack targeting jet fighters and gunship helicopters at the Air Force Base located within the compound of the airport here killed five terrorists, four civilians and wounded forty more.

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