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| Explosion kills six children in Hangu | |
| 2014-01-27 | |
| [DAWN] At least six children of a family have been killed Sunday evening and one other injured after an kaboom at a house in Babar Mela area of Hangu district ... Hangu is famous for its greenery, hills, beauty and water. Most of the people of this area are Bangash & Orakzai Pashtuns. Part of the Bangash are Shia. The Orakzai and the Sunni Bangash are determined to kill them... , officials said.
The police said the dead children belonged to the family of a local villager Fazl Gul in Babar Mela area near Orakzai Agency ... crawling with holy men, home to Darra Adam Khel, the world's largest illegal arms bazaar. 14 distinct tribes of beturbanned primitives inhabit Orakzai agency's 1500 or so square kilometers... . Officials said eyewitnesses had told them that the children found the toy-like bomb in a field and were playing with it when it went kaboom!, killing five boys on the spot. One girl later died at the hospital while another boy is being treated for injuries. The DPO said the house of the individual Fazl Gul is being searched for a possible terror link and have started an investigation into the incident. The police in charge of the area Taj Muhammad, while quoting the bomb disposal squad officials, said that it was a hand grenade bomb which caused the death of the six children. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Thank Gawd it wasn't a Kiddie Nuke. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2014-01-27 18:31 |
| #1 the children were killed after a toy bomb which they were playing with went off And our bed-wetters here complain about lads having toy guns... |
| Posted by: Pappy 2014-01-27 14:44 |