At least eight wounded in Hyderabad cracker blast

HYDERABAD: At least eight people including four children were wounded on Sunday in a cracker blast in Hyderabad, police said.

According to police, the cracker blast took place near New Bridge in Hyderabad and was heard far and wide.

Police said that Bomb Disposal Squad has been summoned keeping in view the situation. 

SSP Irfan Baloch said that motorcycle-riding assailants threw a cracker bomb.

He said that the act might have been carried out by a nationalist party.