Overview
- A hand grenade struck a police patrol near Shah Petrol Pump on the National Highway, injuring 13 people including two officers, a woman and two children.
- Hospital officials said all injured were admitted to Civil Hospital Dera Murad Jamali and remained in stable condition.
- Police cordoned the blast site, opened an investigation, launched area searches and began reviewing surveillance footage after the attackers fled.
- Later the Jaffar Express was fired on near Notal with gunshots and four rockets, causing minor damage but no casualties as security forces drove off the assailants.
- No group has claimed responsibility, and rail security was reinforced following repeated attacks on the Jaffar Express this year.