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QUETTA: At least 10 bomb and grenade attacks rocked different areas of Balochistan on Thursday, resulting in the death of one man, a provincial government official confirmed.<\/p>\n Several police stations and deputy commissioners\u2019 offices were targeted in the attacks in which six people, including a police officer and a jail warden, were injured.<\/p>\n \u201cAt least 10 bomb and grenade attacks happened across Balochistan, including provincial capital Quetta,\u201d the senior official told Dawn<\/em>.<\/p>\n A bomb, placed along a footpath on the CPEC road in the Spinny area of Quetta, went off, killing a passerby, according to Quetta SSP (operations) Jawad Tariq.<\/p>\n The intensity of the blast rocked several areas of the provincial capital, according to officials. The police cordoned off the area and shifted the body to Civil Hospital.<\/p>\n Hospital officials said the victim\u2019s body was mutilated due to his proximity to the bomb at the time of the blast.<\/p>\n The deceased was identified as 84-year-old Abdul Khaliq Shah.<\/p>\n SSP Tariq added that around 8kg of explosive was used in the improvised explosive device.<\/p>\n The target of the bomb was unknown as there was no election campaign-related event scheduled within the vicinity, the SSP said, adding that security was already on high alert due to the upcoming elections.<\/p>\n In another attack near Quetta\u2019s outskirts, an assistant sub-inspector (ASI), Ghulam Raza, was injured.<\/p>\n