Explosion: 4 children injured in fireworks blast
Explosives buried at the plot were used in several home-based units to manufacture fireworks.
FAISALABAD:
Four children were injured on Thursday following an explosion of explosives buried underground in a plot on Jaranwala Raod. The injured were identified as seven-year-old Mubasir, eight-year-old Naeem, 10-year-old Mubashir and seven-year-old Bilal. Explosives buried at the plot were used in several home-based units to manufacture fireworks. According to police, the explosives heat up and went off causing the blast. They said the injured were taken to a nearby hospital. Those responsible for burying the material at the plot fled before the police could arrest them, they said.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 8th, 2011.
Four children were injured on Thursday following an explosion of explosives buried underground in a plot on Jaranwala Raod. The injured were identified as seven-year-old Mubasir, eight-year-old Naeem, 10-year-old Mubashir and seven-year-old Bilal. Explosives buried at the plot were used in several home-based units to manufacture fireworks. According to police, the explosives heat up and went off causing the blast. They said the injured were taken to a nearby hospital. Those responsible for burying the material at the plot fled before the police could arrest them, they said.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 8th, 2011.