Mortar shell explosion kills five children, injures 12 in Lakki Marwat
Pakistan
Children found a mortar shell outside and brought it home, and it exploded while they were playing.
LAKKI MARWAT (Dunya News) - A tragic incident in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Lakki Marwat district has claimed the lives of five children after a mortar shell exploded, leaving 12 others injured.
According to sources, the incident occurred in the jurisdiction of Saddar Police Station, where children found a mortar shell outside and brought it home. The shell exploded while they were playing with it.
Police confirmed that the bodies of five children and 12 injured victims were shifted to the City Hospital, where the wounded are receiving medical treatment.
This came just a day after a similar incident in Bajaur district, where a mortar shell landed on a house in Gohati Mohmand, injuring four members of the same family.
Authorities noted that Bajaur administration had recently imposed a three-day curfew in 16 areas as part of an anti-militancy operation, which was lifted after two days of action against militants.
