ISLAMABAD, Jul 3 (NNN-APP) – A toy bomb blast in Pakistan’s north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, left three children dead yesterday, said police.
A group of children found a toy-like explosive device near their house, in the Mehsud Keruna area of Tank district of the province, and were playing with the ‘toy’ when it exploded, police sources in the area said.
As a result, three children, aging from five to 12 years, were killed on the spot, said the sources.
Following the incident, security forces and rescue teams rushed to the scene and shifted the bodies to a nearby hospital, and cordoned off the area.
Police registered a case against the unknown miscreants and kicked off an investigation into the incident.
According to government officials, a number of toy bomb attacks have occurred in the country’s KP and south-western Balochistan provinces, over the last several years.
Last month, a toy bomb blast left three children dead and another injured in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan.– NNN-APP
