Two children killed, several injured in Pakistan mortar blast
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Two children were killed and 16 others injured when a mortar shell exploded at a seminary in Pakistan’s northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police sources said on Thursday.
The explosion occurred around 2:00 p.m. local time (0900 GMT) on Monday in North Waziristan district, News.Az reports, citing foreign media.
According to sources, some students had found a mortar shell outside the seminary and, mistaking it for a toy, brought it inside.
The device detonated while the children were playing with it, killing two immediately and injuring 16 others, officials said.
The injured students were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment, the sources added.
Authorities have launched an investigation into the incident, they said.
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