Rawalpindi Blast likely to be a terror plot, says CPO

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Rawalpindi, 13th December: Several persons got wounded on Sunday after a powerful explosion near Thana Ganj Mandi Rawalpindi took place.

Baaghi TV: According to rescue officials, at least 25 people were injured in an explosion near the Ganj Mandi police station in Rawalpindi on Sunday.

Rescue 1122 officials said that 22 victims had been shifted to the District Headquarters Hospital, while 3 were provided first aid on the spot.

As per news from the Dawn, initial reports suggested that it was a hand grenade attack but City Police Officer (CPO) Rawalpindi Mohammad Ahsan Younas said that it was too soon to ascertain the nature of the blast.

The CPO informed that it was the second attack near a police station in 10 days. Earlier, on December 4, one man was killed and seven other people were injured in a blast carried out using an improvised explosive device near Pir Wadhai police station.

CPO Younas said today that there were reports of terror plots and added that progress had been made in the investigation of the Pir Wadhai blast.

As reported by Baaghi TV earlier, rescue officials said that the explosion occurred at a filtration plant situated across the Ganj Mandi police station.

Officials from the Counter-Terrorism Department and forensic experts have arrived on the scene that has been cordoned off.

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