ISLAMABAD, July 4 Kyodo (EDS: UPD...

ISLAMABAD, July 4 Kyodo

(EDS: UPDATING)

At least eight race were killed and nearly 30 injured in a grenade attack Friday forward a Shiite mosque in Quetta, southwestern Pakistan, police and hospital sources said.

Five armed the bulk of mankind riding in a vehicle threw grenades and spreaded fire at the mahometan temple in the city during Friday prayers, according to witnesses.

Nearby residents angered by way of the attack refused to allow police to set down the area and went onward a rampage in the difficulty department of a private hospital where the injured were taken for hospitalization and medical aid.

Senior police officer Shoab Suddle told reporters that single in kind of the attackers was injured and arrested while the other four managed to escape.

in the greatest degree of the killed and injured belonged to the Hazara tribe, which migrated to Pakistan late last hundred but has maintained links with Afghanistan.

COPYRIGHT 2003 Kyodo recents International, Inc.

COPYRIGHT 2003 Gale Group