12 killed in overnight grenade attack in southern Pakistan

Attackers targeted the truck on August 14 evening as it shuttled an extended family from a wedding ceremony in a western Karachi neighbourhood

The death toll from an overnight grenade attack on a truck carrying women and children in Karachi rose to 12 on August 15. Attackers targeted the truck on August 14 evening as it shuttled an extended family from a wedding ceremony in a western Karachi neighbourhood, killing nine people and wounding nine others. Dr. Qarar Abbasi at the city’s main Dr. Ruth Pfau Civil Hospital said three of the injured died during treatment, raising the death toll to 12. The rest of the injured were in stable condition. He said seven women and five children were among the dead.