Toy bomb kills two children, woman in Buner

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BUNER: A toy bomb exploded in the Shewai village of Buner District on Friday killing two children and a woman after the rocket-like shell they were playing with exploded.

Nawagai police confirmed that three people including a 10-year-old girl, a six-year-old boy and the children's aunt died when the bomb they had found in a field exploded.

The aunt of the ill-fated children had gone to deliver food and refreshments to the male members of the family working in fields near the village.

The SHO of Nawagai police station, Muhammad Shah Khan confirmed that they had lodged an FIR on the report and are investigating.

Khan said that the children had found the toy-like explosive device, which appeared to be either a mortar or an RPG shell and were removing mud from it when it exploded.

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