RAWALPINDI: At least six people were injured when a cracker fitted to a parked motorbike exploded at Bara Bazar along the Kabari Bazar in Rawalpindi Saddar area in the wee hours of Friday.
According to police sources, the cracker fitted to a parked motorbike exploded at Bara bazaar along Kabari bazaar. As a result, six people were injured.
The police and rescue staff have reached the spot and shift the injured to District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital. The injured were identified as Sheikh Ashraf, Sheikh Nadeem, Naseem, Sajjad, Naveed and Mudabir.
Hospital sources said an injured Naseem Muhammad Ashraf was a critical condition. The Chief Police Officer Muhammad Ahsan Younas, Superintendent Police Potohar Syed Ali along with Bomb Disposal Squad and forensic experts reached the crime scene with heavy contingent and collected the evidence.
Citing the Initial probe the police officials said that it was a cracker blast containing pallets. The police official Muhammad Ahsan Younas said that experts were probing the incident by using all scientific sources.
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