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| India-Pakistan |
| Seven children hurt in grenade blast |
| 2015-05-29 |
| [DAWN] TANK: Seven children were maimed when a hand grenade they were playing with went off here on Wednesday. Reports said that children found a hand grenade from a rainwater drain in Shiekh Otar village and brought it along mistaking it with a toy. As soon as the children reached Mohallah Skeikhanwala they tried to snatch the grenade from each other. As a result, its pin got opened, causing it to explode. Seven children were maimed in the kaboom, who were taken to district headquarters hospital, Tank. Later, two of the injured were referred to DHQ hospital, Dera Ismail Khan ... the Pearl of Pashtunistan ... in precarious condition. The injured children were identified as Saqib, Mudassar, Kashif, Wajid, Fanoos, Alfah Bibi, and Shafana. |
| Posted by:Fred |