Tragic accident: Minor dies in grenade blast

A third-grade student died after a grenade went off in Akhundzadgan


Our Correspondent October 26, 2014

GHALLANAI: A third-grade student died after a grenade went off in Akhundzadgan, Mohmand Agency. An official of the political administration confirmed the tragedy. He said Sajid Khan, son of Hassan Jan, died when he picked up a grenade lying in Chanda. The bomb went off instantly and the child died on the spot. Meanwhile, an IED planted at a roadside in Nawagai, Bajaur Agency was defused and a rocket was fired from across the border in Chamarkand on Saturday night. The rocket landed in fields and no loss of life was reported.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 27th, 2014.

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