Police said the children from Akbar Lund’s house found a hand grenade near their house and started playing with it. PHOTO: FILE
A man and a woman were injured in an explosion in Yaroo Lund town in district Ghotki on Wednesday.
Yaroo Lund police said the children from Akbar Lund’s house found a hand grenade near their house and started playing with it.
Quoting Lund, the police said the bomb exploded when the children threw it in the fireplace.
As a result, Lund’s wife, Shabiran, and brother, Imtiaz Lund were injured and were taken to Civil Hospital, Mirpur Mathelo. Reporters from the area said, however, that the children found two hand grenades near the house.
They started playing with the explosives and one of the grenades fell into a nearby watercourse.
They brought the other one inside the house, where it exploded. The police are investigating the case.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 9th, 2014.
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