Up to six children were playing with a toy that they had found from the garbage. PHOTO: FILE
"Up to six children were playing with a toy that they had found from the garbage they collected from nearby areas when it exploded, killing the boy and wounding four other children," senior local police official Khurram Rasheed told AFP.
Another local police official, Saeed Ullah confirmed the incident, and said the boy who was killed in the blast was Afghan.
Dozens of children in the country have lost their lives in the past when playing with "toys" that turned out to be bombs.
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Islamic republic of Pakistan .... slowing realizing it's true potential - which the founding fathers have dreamed of.