PESHAWAR: At least one child was killed and five others injured Thursday night when a mortar shell appearing to be a toy exploded in Peshawar's Bajaur Agency when the children were playing with it, official sources said.

A political administration official said the explosion occurred in the Nisarabad Kausar area of Khar in Bajaur Agency when a child took a toy-like mortar shell home and it went off.

“The children were playing with the mortar shell when it exploded with a big bang, killing one child on the spot and injuring five others,” he added.

Meanwhile, the injured were shifted to the Agency Headquarters Hospital Khar, for treatment where the doctors pronounced one of the child dead whereas the others are being treated for multiple injuries.