KARACHI: Three people were injured after armed motorcyclists hurled a hand grenade at a shop in Bolton Market in Karachi.
The injured were shifted to Civil Hospital following the attack.
According to reports, motorcyclists stormed into the market and lobbed a hand grenade at a shop called Azam Cloth Market when they refused to pay extortion money.
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Following the incident, traders and shopkeepers shut their businesses down and staged a protest against the attack.
On Thursday, the Sindh High Court acquitted two men accused of extortion and possessing illegal arms due to the prosecution’s failure to prove the charges.
A two-judge bench, comprising justices Naimatullah Phulpoto and Nazar Akbar, set aside the sentences awarded to the appellants, Shuhab Zaman and Muhammad Sabir, by the anti-terrorism court (ATC) on September 7, 2013.
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They were given 10-year imprisonment after they were found guilty of demanding Rs5 million in extortion from the manager of a cellular company’s franchise in Civil Lines in March 2012.
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