13 February 2017

News Story: 2 children killed, 1 injured in grenade explosion in NW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- Two children were killed and one injured when a hand grenade accidentally exploded in Pakistan's northwest tribal area of Bajaur Agency on Sunday, local media reported.

Urdu TV channel 24 News said the two shepherd brothers aged between six to 10 years old and their seven-year-old female cousin were playing in the mountains when they found the grenade in Khaista Baba area of Bajaur, a semi-autonomous tribal region along Pakistan-Afghanistan border.

Read the full story at Xinhua