PESHAWAR: A grenade explosion killed a teenager in Shaheen Colony area here on Monday afternoon.

Police identified the teenager as Ishaq, 13, a resident of the colony situated on the Bara Road. Police said the incident took place at around 2pm.

A police official told Dawn that the bomb went off inside the house, when the child pulled the grenade’s pin.

However, he said it was not clear how the child managed to get hold of the bomb. “It is not clear whether someone gave the bomb to him or he found it or it was inside a rickshaw which they found parked inside the house,” he said.

The official said the family had no enmity. The slain teenager was a 3rd grade student at a local school.

A relative told Dawn the blast took place when the boy entered his house gate upon his return from school.

“Had it happened after he had entered the house, it would have killed many people as women were sitting inside a room,” he said. He said the family had recently shifted to the area and was living in a rented house.

SP Cantonment Kashif Zulfiqar told Dawn that they were investigating the incident. He said it was not clear whether someone handed the grenade to the boy or it was already in the house.

Published in Dawn, September 27th, 2016