KARACHI, MAR 26, (DNA) -At least 12 people were seriously injured in a hand grenade attack in Karachi’s Lyari area, Samaa reported on Sunday.

Unknown persons threw a hand grenade at the house of gang war leader Uzair Baloch at Sango Lano neighbourhood of Lyari Town in Karachi and managed to escape. The grenade explosion injured 12 persons.

The victims were rushed to a medical facility for treatment. Condition of two people is said to be critical.

Heavy contingent of police and rangers reached the search and started searching for the culprits behind the crime.

SSP City Adeel Chandio said that the explosive was made from local material whereas the law enforcemeent agencies are carrying out raids for the arrest of the suspects.