Children injured by toy bomb

Published March 23, 2006

QUETTA, March 22: Three children were seriously injured when a toy bomb exploded in a village near Usta Mohammad of Jaffarabad district on Wednesday night. Police said children found an object while playing outside their house, which they brought home and started playing with it. After a while the object exploded injuring three children, including a minor girl. The people of the village rushed to the site and sent the injured children to civil hospital Usta Mohammad.

Children who received injuries were identified as Rahib Ali (11), Karim Bakhsh (4) and Zainab (3).—Staff Correspondent

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