One killed, five injured in grenade attack in Sibi

SIBI: One person was killed and five others were injured in an explosion near Chenak Chowk in Balochistan’s Sibi district on Thursday evening, police said.

Station House Officer (SHO) Ghulam Ali Abro told media that the incident was a grenade attack that occurred at around 7:05pm.

“Six people were injured in the blast and shifted to hospital. One of them succumbed to his injuries on the way,” he said, adding that security forces and Edhi ambulances reached the site shortly after the incident.

Sibi region Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Barkat Khosa said the injured were taken to the Teaching Hospital, while the body of the deceased was handed over to the family.

“Security has been tightened in the area and investigations are under way,” the DIG said.

Last month, an eight-year-old child was killed and five members of a family, including two women, were injured when a grenade exploded inside a house in the Wadh area of Khuzdar district. Police said unidentified assailants had hurled a hand grenade into the courtyard of the house, where two families from Sindh’s Kashmore district were present.

Pakistan has seen a surge in militant violence, particularly in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, since the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) ended its ceasefire with the government in November 2022.

According to a report by the Islamabad-based Centre for Research and Security Studies (CRSS), 2025 was the most violent year for Pakistan in a decade, recording a nearly 34 per cent increase in overall violence. The report noted that terror-related fatalities among civilians and security personnel have risen steadily for five consecutive years since 2021.