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Two teenage sisters were seriously injured in Pakistan when a rejected suitor threw a hand grenade at the pair, according to regional media.
The attacker, identified as Sajid, hurled the grenade at Samreen, 19, and Sanam, 17, while the siblings were asleep on the roof of their small house in Koohi Goth on Tuesday,
reports Samaa TV.
However,
Pakistan Today says the attack took place at a private girls' college in Daska.
The girls were critically injured in the attack and taken to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for treatment. Doctors have since said they are out of danger, according to The Indian Express.
The man had previously asked the girls to marry him, but was rejected, according to the girls' father, Qadir Buksh.
"Sajid has been interested in getting married with one of my daughters, which we already refused," Buksh said in a statement to police.
This was not the first time Sajid had threatened the life of the family, according to Buksh. Police said the attacker is a "member of a gang" and a "drug addict."
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