KHUZDAR: Three children were injured when a toy bomb went off on the outskirts of Khuzdar town, police said on Sunday.

The children were playing outside their house when they found a toy in a garbage dump. They started playing with the toy when it exploded, leaving the three injured.

They were taken to the district hospital Khuzdar.

Talking to Dawn, Khuzdar SHO Abdul Qadir Sheikh identified the injured as Zafar, Manzoor Ahmed and Muzzamil.

Published in Dawn, June 27th, 2016